Sub-Natural Linewidth Single Photons from a Quantum Dot

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2011-09-15

arxiv.org/abs/1109.3412v1

Physics

Quantum Physics

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The observation of quantum dot resonance fluorescence enabled a new solid-state approach to generating single photons with a bandwidth almost as narrow as the natural linewidth of a quantum dot transition. Here, we operate in the Heitler regime of resonance fluorescence to generate sub-natural linewidth and high-coherence quantum light from a single quantum dot. The measured single-photon bandwidth exhibits a 30-fold reduction with respect to the radiative linewidth of the QD transition and the single photons exhibit coherence properties inherited from the excitation laser. In contrast, intensity-correlation measurements reveal that this photon source maintains a high degree of antibunching behaviour on the order of the transition lifetime with vanishing two-photon scattering probability. This light source will find immediate applications in quantum cryptography, measurement-based quantum computing and, in particular, deterministic generation of high-fidelity distributed entanglement among independent and even disparate quantum systems.

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