Abstract

Single semiconductor quantum dots have been extensively used to demonstrate the deterministic emission of high purity single photons. The single photon emission performance of these nanostructures has become very well controlled, offering high levels of photon indistinguishability and brightness. Ultimately, quantum technologies will require the development of a set of devices to manipulate and control the state of the photons. Here we measure and simulate a novel all-optical route to switch the single photon stream emitted from the excitonic transition in a single semiconductor quantum dot. A dual non-resonant excitation pumping scheme is used to engineer a switching device operated with GHz speeds, high differential contrasts, ultra-low power consumption and high single photon purity. Our device scheme can be replicated in many different zero dimensional semiconductors, providing a novel route towards developing a platform-independent on-chip design for high speed and low power consumption quantum devices.

Using semiconductor quantum dots as single-photon sources for application to quantum technologies is promising due to the high brightness and photon purity of the emitted light. Here, a method of optically switching their emission based on excitonic depletion is presented.

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Title
All optical switching of a single photon stream by excitonic depletion
Author
Muñoz-Matutano, Guillermo 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Johnsson Mattias 2 ; Martínez-Pastor, Juan 3 ; Rivas, Góngora David 4 ; Seravalli Luca 5 ; Trevisi Giovanna 5 ; Frigeri, Paola 5 ; Volz, Thomas 2 ; Gurioli Massimo 6 

 Macquarie University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sydney, Australia (GRID:grid.1004.5) (ISNI:0000 0001 2158 5405); Macquarie University, ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems, Sydney, Australia (GRID:grid.1004.5) (ISNI:0000 0001 2158 5405); Universidad de Valencia, UMDO (Unidad Asociada al CSIC-IMM), Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales, Valencia, Spain (GRID:grid.5338.d) (ISNI:0000 0001 2173 938X) 
 Macquarie University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sydney, Australia (GRID:grid.1004.5) (ISNI:0000 0001 2158 5405); Macquarie University, ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems, Sydney, Australia (GRID:grid.1004.5) (ISNI:0000 0001 2158 5405) 
 Universidad de Valencia, UMDO (Unidad Asociada al CSIC-IMM), Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales, Valencia, Spain (GRID:grid.5338.d) (ISNI:0000 0001 2173 938X) 
 Universidad de Valencia, UMDO (Unidad Asociada al CSIC-IMM), Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales, Valencia, Spain (GRID:grid.5338.d) (ISNI:0000 0001 2173 938X); Institute of Physics, Zagreb, Croatia (GRID:grid.454227.2) (ISNI:0000 0004 0383 9274) 
 CNR-IMEM Institute, Parma, Italy (GRID:grid.454227.2) 
 Universita di Firenze, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, LENS, Firenze, Italy (GRID:grid.8404.8) (ISNI:0000 0004 1757 2304) 
Publication year
2020
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
23993650
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2490397757
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2020. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.