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Cryogenic photoluminescence imaging system for nanoscale positioning of single quantum emitters.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Liu, Jin 
Davanço, Marcelo I 
Konthasinghe, Kumarasiri 
De Miranda Cardoso, José Vinícius 

Abstract

We report a photoluminescence imaging system for locating single quantum emitters with respect to alignment features. Samples are interrogated in a 4 K closed-cycle cryostat by a high numerical aperture (NA = 0.9, 100× magnification) objective that sits within the cryostat, enabling high efficiency collection of emitted photons without image distortions due to the cryostat windows. The locations of single InAs/GaAs quantum dots within a >50 μm × 50 μm field of view are determined with ≈4.5 nm uncertainty (one standard deviation) in a 1 s long acquisition. The uncertainty is determined through a combination of a maximum likelihood estimate for localizing the quantum dot emission, and a cross correlation method for determining the alignment mark center. This location technique can be an important step in the high-throughput creation of nanophotonic devices that rely upon the interaction of highly confined optical modes with single quantum emitters.

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Keywords

5108 Quantum Physics, 51 Physical Sciences

Journal Title

Rev Sci Instrum

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Journal ISSN

0034-6748
1089-7623

Volume Title

88

Publisher

AIP Publishing