Interference of single photons from two separate semiconductor quantum dots

Phys Rev Lett. 2010 Apr 2;104(13):137401. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.137401. Epub 2010 Apr 1.

Abstract

We demonstrate and characterize interference between discrete photons emitted by two separate semiconductor quantum dot states in different samples excited by a pulsed laser. Their energies are tuned into resonance using strain. The photons have a total coalescence probability of 18.1% and the coincidence rate is below the classical limit. Postselection of coincidences within a narrow time window increases the coalescence probability to 47%. The probabilities are reduced from unity because of dephasing and the postselection value is also reduced by the detector time response.