Entangling single photons from independently tuned semiconductor nanoemitters

Nano Lett. 2012 Sep 12;12(9):4611-6. doi: 10.1021/nl301911t. Epub 2012 Aug 3.

Abstract

Quantum communication systems based on nanoscale semiconductor devices is challenged by inhomogeneities from device to device. We address this challenge using ZnMgSe/ZnSe quantum-well nanostructures with local laser-based heating to tune the emission of single impurity-bound exciton emitters in two separate devices. The matched emission in combination with photon bunching enables quantum interference from the devices and allows the postselection of polarization-entangled single photons. The ability to entangle single photons emitted from nanometer-sized sources separated by macroscopic distances provides an essential step for a solid-state realization of a large-scale quantum optical network. This paves the way toward measurement-based entanglement generation between remote electron spins localized at macroscopically separated fluorine impurities.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Nanostructures / ultrastructure*
  • Nanotechnology / instrumentation*
  • Particle Size
  • Photons
  • Selenium Compounds / chemistry*
  • Semiconductors*
  • Zinc Compounds / chemistry*

Substances

  • Selenium Compounds
  • Zinc Compounds
  • zinc selenide