On-demand semiconductor source of entangled photons which simultaneously has high fidelity, efficiency, and indistinguishability
Abstract
An outstanding goal in quantum optics and scalable photonic quantum technology is to develop a source that each time emits one and only one entangled photon pair with simultaneously high entanglement fidelity, extraction efficiency, and photon indistinguishability. By coherent two-photon excitation of a single InGaAs quantum dot coupled to a circular Bragg grating bullseye cavity with broadband high Purcell factor up to 11.3, we generate entangled photon pairs with a state fidelity of 0.90(1), pair generation rate of 0.59(1), pair extraction efficiency of 0.62(6), and photon indistinguishability of 0.90(1) simultaneously. Our work will open up many applications in high-efficiency multi-photon experiments and solid-state quantum repeaters.
Citation
Wang , H , Hu , H , Chung , T -H , Qin , J , Yang , X , Li , J-P , Liu , R-Z , Zhong , H-S , He , Y-M , Ding , X , Deng , Y-H , Schneider , C , Dai , Q , Huo , Y-H , Höfling , S , Lu , C-Y & Pan , J-W 2019 , ' On-demand semiconductor source of entangled photons which simultaneously has high fidelity, efficiency, and indistinguishability ' , Physical Review Letters , vol. 122 , no. 11 , 113602 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.113602
Publication
Physical Review Letters
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0031-9007Type
Journal article
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