Exciton–polariton light–semiconductor coupling effects

HM Gibbs, G Khitrova, SW Koch - Nature Photonics, 2011 - nature.com
The integrated absorption of an excitonic resonance is a measure of a semiconductor's
coupling to an optical field. The concept of an exciton–polariton expresses the non …

A planar dielectric antenna for directional single-photon emission and near-unity collection efficiency

KG Lee, XW Chen, H Eghlidi, P Kukura, R Lettow… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Single emitters have been considered as sources of single photons in various contexts,
including cryptography, quantum computation, spectroscopy and metrology,,. The success of …

Inhibition, enhancement, and control of spontaneous emission in photonic nanowires

J Bleuse, J Claudon, M Creasey, NS Malik, JM Gérard… - Physical review …, 2011 - APS
We experimentally investigate the spontaneous emission (SE) rates of single InAs quantum
dots embedded in GaAs photonic nanowires. For a diameter leading to the optimal …

Two-Photon Scattering by a Driven Three-Level Emitter in a One-Dimensional<? format?> Waveguide and Electromagnetically Induced Transparency

D Roy - Physical review letters, 2011 - APS
We study correlated two-photon transport in a (quasi-) one-dimensional photonic waveguide
coupled to a three-level Λ-type emitter driven by a classical light field. Two-photon …

A circular dielectric grating for vertical extraction of single quantum dot emission

M Davanco, MT Rakher, D Schuh, A Badolato… - Applied Physics …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate a nanostructure composed of partially etched annular trenches in a
suspended GaAs membrane, designed for efficient and moderately broadband (≈ 5 nm) …

Fiber-integrated diamond-based single photon source

T Schroder, AW Schell, G Kewes, T Aichele… - Nano …, 2011 - ACS Publications
An alignment free, micrometer-scale single photon source consisting of a single quantum
emitter on an optical fiber operating at room temperature is demonstrated. It easily integrates …

Highly efficient coupling of photons from nanoemitters into single-mode optical fibers

M Fujiwara, K Toubaru, T Noda, HQ Zhao… - Nano …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Highly efficient coupling of photons from nanoemitters into single-mode optical fibers is
demonstrated using tapered fibers. A percentage (7.4±1.2%) of the total emitted photons …

Ultrabright and efficient single-photon generation based on nitrogen-vacancy centres in nanodiamonds on a solid immersion lens

T Schröder, F Gädeke, MJ Banholzer… - New Journal of …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Single photons are fundamental elements for quantum information technologies such as
quantum cryptography, quantum information storage and optical quantum computing …

Slow-light enhanced correlated photon pair generation in a silicon photonic crystal waveguide

C Xiong, C Monat, AS Clark, C Grillet, GD Marshall… - Optics letters, 2011 - opg.optica.org
We report the generation of correlated photon pairs in the telecom C-band at room
temperature from a dispersion-engineered silicon photonic crystal waveguide. The …

Cavity-free photon blockade induced by many-body bound states

H Zheng, DJ Gauthier, HU Baranger - Physical review letters, 2011 - APS
The manipulation of individual, mobile quanta is a key goal of quantum communication; to
achieve this, nonlinear phenomena in open systems can play a critical role. We show …