Generation of three polarization-correlated photons from a single semiconductor quantum dot

Kostas Blekos, Nikos Iliopoulos, Maria-Eftaksia Stasinou +2 more

G. F. Jaritz, Ulrich Hohenester

Fei Ding, Oliver G. Schmidt

Charles Santori, David A. Fattal, Jelena Vuckovic A +2 more

Abstract This article reviews recent work on non‐classical light generation using semiconductor quantum dots. Experimental results for single‐photon generation are presented, including suppression of the two‐photon probability, coherence properties and two‐photon interference. An experiment demonstrating generation of polarization‐correlated photon pairs from biexciton recombination is also reviewed.

Liu Wen-Juan, Yaoyi Li

The statistic properties of photon emissions from single semiconductor quantum dots with V-type level driven by pulses are investigated theoretically Based on quantum regression theorem and master equations, the dynamic equations of the second-order correlation function of the photon emissions are deduced. The calculated results reveal that the efficiency of single photon emissions from two orthogonal polarization eigenstates (|x〉 and |y〉) reaches the maximum when the input pulses area is about π, and the probability of the cross-polarized single photon emission from |x〉 and |y〉 decreases with increasing of pulse width.

Y. Yamamoto, Matthew A. Pelton, Charles Santori +1 more