Cavity-enhanced coherent light scattering from a quantum dot.


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Article
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Authors
Bennett, Anthony J 
Ellis, David JP 
Murray, Eoin 
Abstract

The generation of coherent and indistinguishable single photons is a critical step for photonic quantum technologies in information processing and metrology. A promising system is the resonant optical excitation of solid-state emitters embedded in wavelength-scale three-dimensional cavities. However, the challenge here is to reject the unwanted excitation to a level below the quantum signal. We demonstrate this using coherent photon scattering from a quantum dot in a micropillar. The cavity is shown to enhance the fraction of light that is resonantly scattered toward unity, generating antibunched indistinguishable photons that are 16 times narrower than the time-bandwidth limit, even when the transition is near saturation. Finally, deterministic excitation is used to create two-photon N00N states with which we make superresolving phase measurements in a photonic circuit.

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Keywords
Quantum physics, cavity, photon, resonant, Computer Simulation, Light, Optics and Photonics, Photons, Quantum Dots, Scattering, Radiation
Journal Title
Sci Adv
Conference Name
Journal ISSN
2375-2548
2375-2548
Volume Title
2
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council