Applications of single photons to quantum communication and computing

C Couteau, S Barz, T Durt, T Gerrits, J Huwer… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
In the context of quantum technologies, the generation and manipulation of single photons
has become a key element for applications such as quantum communication and quantum …

Quantum dots for photonic quantum information technology

T Heindel, JH Kim, N Gregersen, A Rastelli… - Advances in Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
The generation, manipulation, storage, and detection of single photons play a central role in
emerging photonic quantum information technology. Individual photons serve as flying …

High-performance semiconductor quantum-dot single-photon sources

P Senellart, G Solomon, A White - Nature nanotechnology, 2017 - nature.com
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 …

Progress in quantum-dot single photon sources for quantum information technologies: A broad spectrum overview

Y Arakawa, MJ Holmes - Applied Physics Reviews, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
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 …

Quantum communication using semiconductor quantum dots

DA Vajner, L Rickert, T Gao… - Advanced Quantum …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Worldwide, enormous efforts are directed toward the development of the so‐called quantum
internet. Turning this long‐sought‐after dream into reality is a great challenge that will …

On-demand single photons with high extraction efficiency and near-unity indistinguishability from a resonantly driven quantum dot in a micropillar

X Ding, Y He, ZC Duan, N Gregersen, MC Chen… - Physical review …, 2016 - APS
Scalable photonic quantum technologies require on-demand single-photon sources with
simultaneously high levels of purity, indistinguishability, and efficiency. These key features …

Quantum key distribution with entangled photons generated on demand by a quantum dot

F Basso Basset, M Valeri, E Roccia, V Muredda… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Quantum key distribution—exchanging a random secret key relying on a quantum
mechanical resource—is the core feature of secure quantum networks. Entanglement-based …

On-demand generation of background-free single photons from a solid-state source

L Schweickert, KD Jöns, KD Zeuner… - Applied Physics …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
True on-demand high-repetition-rate single-photon sources are highly sought after for
quantum information processing applications. However, any coherently driven two-level …

Highly indistinguishable and strongly entangled photons from symmetric GaAs quantum dots

D Huber, M Reindl, Y Huo, H Huang… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The development of scalable sources of non-classical light is fundamental to unlocking the
technological potential of quantum photonics. Semiconductor quantum dots are emerging as …

On-demand generation of indistinguishable polarization-entangled photon pairs

M Müller, S Bounouar, KD Jöns, M Glässl, P Michler - Nature Photonics, 2014 - nature.com
An on-demand source of indistinguishable and entangled photon pairs is a fundamental
component of various quantum information applications, including optical quantum …