More than 80 years have passed since the first publication on entangled quantum states.
Over this period, the concept of spookily interacting quantum states became an emerging …

Epitaxial quantum dots formed by III–V compound semiconductors are excellent sources of
non-classical photons, creating single photons and entangled multi-photon states on …

Solid-state emitters are excellent candidates for developing integrated sources of single
photons. Yet, phonons degrade the photon indistinguishability both through pure dephasing …

Nano-phononic crystals have attracted a great deal of research interest in the field of
nanoscale thermal transport due to their unique coherent thermal transport behavior. So far …

Defect centers in hexagonal boron nitride represent room-temperature single-photon
sources in a layered van der Waals material. These light emitters appear with a wide range …

We review distinct features arising from the unique nature of the carrier-phonon coupling in
self-assembled semiconductor quantum dots. Because of the discrete electronic energy …

Integrated single-photon sources with high photon-extraction efficiency are key building
blocks for applications in the field of quantum communications. We report on a bright single …

Single-photon emitters in solid-state systems are important building blocks for scalable
quantum technologies. Recently, quantum light emitters have been discovered in the wide …

Quantum emitters capable of producing single photons on-demand with high color purity are
the building blocks of emerging schemes in secure quantum communications, quantum …

Advances in the field of plasmonics, ie, nano-photonics exploiting the optical properties of
metal nanostructures, paved the way for the development of ultrasensitive devices, including …