Phonon limit to simultaneous near-unity efficiency and indistinguishability in semiconductor single photon sources

By Jake Iles-Smith, D. McCutcheon, A. Nazir, J. M⊘rk. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2016

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We investigate the role of phonons on the emission properties of solid-state single photon sources. We demonstrate a fundamental trade-off between indistinguishability and efficiency of sources based on both cavity and waveguide architectures.

Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Instrumentation

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