Single photons are a fundamental element of most quantum optical technologies. The ideal
single-photon source is an on-demand, deterministic, single-photon source delivering light …

Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) of various material systems are being heavily
researched for the development of solid state single photon emitters, which are required for …

We demonstrate triggered single photon emission at room temperature from a site-controlled
III-nitride quantum dot embedded in a nanowire. Moreover, we reveal a remarkable …

Fast, high efficiency and low error single-photon sources are required for the implementation
of a number of quantum information processing applications. The fastest triggered single …

Lasers and LEDs have a statistical distribution in the number of photons emitted within a
given time interval. Applications exploiting the quantum properties of light require sources …

Fundamentally secure quantum cryptography has still not seen widespread application
owing to the difficulty of generating single photons on demand. Semiconductor quantum-dot …

In a classical light source, such as a laser, the photon number follows a Poissonian
distribution. For quantum information processing and metrology applications, a non-classical …

Two-dimensional chalcogenide semiconductors have recently emerged as a host material
for quantum emitters of single photons. While several reports on defect-and strain-induced …

We design several single-photon-sources based on the emission of a quantum dot
embedded in a semiconductor (GaAs) nanowire. Through various taper designs, we …

This topical review provides an overview of quantum dot micropillars and their application in
cavity quantum electrodynamics (cQED) experiments. The development of quantum dot …