Efficient Source of Single Photons: A Single Quantum Dot in a Micropost Microcavity
| dc.contributor.author | Pelton, Matthew | |
| dc.contributor.author | Santori, Charles | |
| dc.contributor.author | Vuc̆ković, Jelena | |
| dc.contributor.author | Zhang, Bingyang | |
| dc.contributor.author | Solomon, Glenn S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Plant, Jocelyn | |
| dc.contributor.author | Yamamoto, Yoshihisa | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-08-15T18:34:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-08-15T18:34:54Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2002-11-13 | |
| dc.description.abstract | We have demonstrated efficient production of triggered single photons by coupling a single semiconductor quantum dot to a three-dimensionally confined optical mode in a micropost microcavity. The efficiency of emitting single photons into a single-mode traveling wave is approximately 38%, which is nearly 2 orders of magnitude higher than for a quantum dot in bulk semiconductor material. At the same time, the probability of having more than one photon in a given pulse is reduced by a factor of 7 as compared to light with Poissonian photon statistics. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | We thank E. Waks and A. Scherer for helpful discussions. This work was supported in part by the Army Research Office. Financial assistance for M. P. was provided by Stanford University. Financial assistance for G. S. S. was provided by the Army Research Office. | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.233602 | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 4 pages | en_US |
| dc.genre | journal articles | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m2mboh-erwm | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Pelton, Matthew, Charles Santori, Jelena Vuc̆ković, Bingyang Zhang, Glenn S. Solomon, Jocelyn Plant, and Yoshihisa Yamamoto. “Efficient Source of Single Photons: A Single Quantum Dot in a Micropost Microcavity.” Physical Review Letters 89, no. 23 (November 13, 2002): 233602. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.233602. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.233602 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/29251 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | APS | en_US |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Physics Department Collection | |
| dc.rights | ©2002 American Physical Society | en_US |
| dc.title | Efficient Source of Single Photons: A Single Quantum Dot in a Micropost Microcavity | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | en_US |
| dcterms.creator | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6370-8765 | en_US |