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Highly-efficient extraction of entangled photons from quantum dots using a broadband optical antenna

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  • Yan Chen

    (Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, IFW Dresden)

  • Michael Zopf

    (Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, IFW Dresden)

  • Robert Keil

    (Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, IFW Dresden)

  • Fei Ding

    (Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, IFW Dresden
    Institut für Festkörperphysik, Leibniz Universität Hannover)

  • Oliver G. Schmidt

    (Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, IFW Dresden
    Chemnitz University of Technology)

Abstract

Many quantum photonic technologies require the efficient generation of entangled pairs of photons, but to date there have been few ways to produce them reliably. Sources based on parametric down conversion operate at very low efficiency per pulse due to the probabilistic generation process. Semiconductor quantum dots can emit single pairs of entangled photons deterministically but they fall short due to the extremely low-extraction efficiency. Strategies for extracting single photons from quantum dots, such as embedding them in narrowband optical cavities, are difficult to translate to entangled photons. Here, we build a broadband optical antenna with an extraction efficiency of 65% ± 4% and demonstrate a highly-efficient entangled-photon source by collecting strongly entangled photons (fidelity of 0.9) at a pair efficiency of 0.372 ± 0.002 per pulse. The high brightness achieved by our source represents a step forward in the development of optical quantum technologies.

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  • Yan Chen & Michael Zopf & Robert Keil & Fei Ding & Oliver G. Schmidt, 2018. "Highly-efficient extraction of entangled photons from quantum dots using a broadband optical antenna," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 9(1), pages 1-7, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:9:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-018-05456-2
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05456-2
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    1. Yijian Meng & Ming Lai Chan & Rasmus B. Nielsen & Martin H. Appel & Zhe Liu & Ying Wang & Nikolai Bart & Andreas D. Wieck & Arne Ludwig & Leonardo Midolo & Alexey Tiranov & Anders S. Sørensen & Peter , 2024. "Deterministic photon source of genuine three-qubit entanglement," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-7, December.

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