DOI: 10.1063/1.1366367. Single quantum dots emit single photons at a time: Antibunching experiments

Single quantum dots emit single photons at a time: Antibunching experiments

10.1063/1.1366367

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Applied Physics Letters (317)

Abstract

We have studied the photoluminescence correlation from a single InAs/GaAs self-assembled Stranski–Krastanow quantum dot under continuous, as well as under pulsed excitation. Under weak continuous excitation, where the single dot luminescence is due primarily to single exciton recombinations, antibunching is observed in the single dot emission correlation. Under weak pulsed excitation, the number of photons emitted by the quantum dot per pulse is close to one. We present data obtained under both conditions and are able to show that devices based on single quantum dots can be used to generate single photons.

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Zwiller, V., Blom, H., Jonsson, P., Panev, N., Jeppesen, S., Tsegaye, T., Goobar, E., Pistol, M.-E., Samuelson, L., & BjÃ¶rk, G. (2001). Single quantum dots emit single photons at a time: Antibunching experiments. Applied Physics Letters, 78(17), 2476â2478.

Authors 10

Valéry Zwiller (first)
Hans Blom (additional)
Per Jonsson (additional)
Nikolay Panev (additional)
Sören Jeppesen (additional)
Tedros Tsegaye (additional)
Edgard Goobar (additional)
Mats-Erik Pistol (additional)
Lars Samuelson (additional)
Gunnar Björk (additional)

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Dates

Type	When
Created	23 years ago (July 26, 2002, 10:16 a.m.)
Deposited	1 year, 6 months ago (Feb. 3, 2024, 2:58 p.m.)
Indexed	3 weeks, 1 day ago (Aug. 2, 2025, 12:03 a.m.)
Issued	24 years, 4 months ago (April 23, 2001)
Published	24 years, 4 months ago (April 23, 2001)
Published Print	24 years, 4 months ago (April 23, 2001)

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BibTeX

@article{Zwiller_2001, title={Single quantum dots emit single photons at a time: Antibunching experiments}, volume={78}, ISSN={1077-3118}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1366367}, DOI={10.1063/1.1366367}, number={17}, journal={Applied Physics Letters}, publisher={AIP Publishing}, author={Zwiller, Valéry and Blom, Hans and Jonsson, Per and Panev, Nikolay and Jeppesen, Sören and Tsegaye, Tedros and Goobar, Edgard and Pistol, Mats-Erik and Samuelson, Lars and Björk, Gunnar}, year={2001}, month=apr, pages={2476–2478} }

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