Single-Photon Emission from a Single InAs Quantum Dot

Excitation power-dependent micro-photoluminescence spectra and photon-correlation measurement are used to study the optical properties and photon statistics of single InAs quantum dots. Exciton and biexciton emissions, whose photoluminescence intensities have linear and quadratic excitation power dependences, respectively, are identified. Under pulsed laser excitation, the zero time delay peak of second order correlation function corresponding to exciton emission is well suppressed, which is a clear evidence of single photon emission.     

微腔中单量子点的受激辐射行为

研究了微腔中单模光场与一个三能级量子点相互作用系统.利用系统主方程作数值模拟计算微腔中单量子点的净受激辐射率随量子点和腔模耦合强度的变化,同时研究激光能级间衰减率γ23对净受激辐射率的影响.发现净受激辐射率随泵浦强度增大而呈现较快趋于饱和的曲线,这些饱和曲线随着耦合强度的增加又较快地趋于一个极值.而激光能级间衰减率γ23的增大使该激光的净受激辐射率的曲线组表现出相反的规律.     

Single-Photon Emission at Liquid Nitrogen Temperature from a Single InAs/GaAs Quantum Dot

We report on the single photon emission from single InAs/GaAs self-assembled Stranski-Krastanow quantum dots up to 80 K under pulsed and continuous wave excitations. At temperature 8OK, the second-order correlation function at zero time delay, g^（2）（0）, is measured to be 0.422 for pulsed excitation. At the same temperature under continuous wave excitation, the photon antibunching effect is observed. Thus, our experimental results demonstrate a promising potential application of self-assembled InAs/GaAs quantum dots in single photon emission at liquid nitrogen temperature.     

Strain-Engineered Low-Density InAs Bilayer Quantum Dots for Single Photon Emission

We investigate the growth of strain-engineered low-density 1hAs bilayer quantum dots （BQDs） on GaAs by molecular beam epitaxy. Owing to increasing dot size and In composition of the upper QDs, low-density BQDs in a GaAs matrix with an emission wavelength up to 1.4 μm at room temperature are achieved. Such a wavelength is larger than that of conventional QDs in a GaAs matrix （generally of about 1.3μm）. The optical properties of the BQDs are sensitive to annealing temperature used after spacer layer growth. Significant decrease of integrated PL intensity is observed as the annealing temperature increases. At 10 K, single photon emission from the BQDs with wavelength around 1.3μm is observed.     

Cross-Polarized Single Photon Emission from Single Semiconductor Quantum Dots with V-Type Level Driven by Pulse Field

The statistic properties of photon emissions from single semiconductor quantum dots with V-type level driven by pulses are investigated theoretically. Based on quantum regression theorem and master equations, the dynamic equations of the second-order correlation function of the photon emissions are deduced. The calculated results reveal that the efficiency of single photon emissions from two orthogonal polarization eigenstates |x〉and |y〉) reaches the maximum when the input pulses area is about π, and the probability of the cross-polarized single photon emission from |x 〉 and |y 〉decreases with increasing of pulse width.     

Cross-Polarized Single Photon Emission from Single Semiconductor Quantum Dots with V-Type Level Driven by Pulse Field

The statistic properties of photon emissions from single semiconductor quantum dots with V-type level driven by pulses are investigated theoretically. Based on quantum regression theorem and master equations, the dynamic equations of the second-order correlation function of the photon emissions are deduced. The calculated results reveal that the efficiency of single photon emissions from two orthogonal polarization eigenstates （｜x） and ｜y） ） reaches the maximum when the input pulses area is about π, and the probability of the cross-polarized single photon emission from ｜x） and ｜y） decreases with increasing of pulse width.     

The Electron－Hole Pair in a Single Quantum Dot and That in a Vertically Coupled Quantum Dot

The energy spectra of low-lying states of an exciton in a single and a vertically coupled quantum dots are studied under the influence of a perpendicularly applied magnetic field. Calculations are made by using the method of numerical diagonalization of the Hamiltonian within the effective-mass approximation. We also calculated the binding energy of the ground and the excited states of an exciton in a single quantum dot and that in a vertically coupled quantum dot as a function of the dot radius for different vaJues of the distance and the magnetic field strength.     

Single Photon Scattering in a Pair of Waveguides Coupled by a Whispering-Gallery Resonator Interacting with a Semiconductor Quantum Dot

The single photon scattering properties in a pair of waveguides coupled by a whispering-gallery resonator interacting with a semiconductor quantum dot are investigated theoretically.The two waveguides support four possible ports for an incident single photon.The quantum dot is considered a V-type system.The incident direction-dependent single photon scattering properties are studied and equal-output probability from the four ports for a single photon incident is discussed.The influences of backscattering between the two modes of the whispering-gallery resonator for incident direction-dependent single photon scattering properties are also presented.     

The Electron-Hole Pair in a Single Quantum Dot and That in a Vertically Coupled Quantum Dot

The energy spectra of low-lying states of an exciton in a single and a vertically coupled quantum dots arestudied under the influence of a perpendicularly applied magnetic field. Calculations are made by using the method ofnumerical diagonalization of the Hamiltonian within the effective-mass approximation. We also calculated the bindingenergy of the ground and the excited states of an exciton in a single quantum dot and that in a vertically coupledquantum dot as a function of the dot radius for different values of the distance and the magnetic field strength.     

Quantum-Confined Stark Effects in a Single GaN Quantum Dot

Using analytical expressions for the polarization field in GaN quantum dot, and an approximation by separating the potential into a radial and an axial, we investigate theoretically the quantum-confined Stark effects. The electron and hole energy levels and optical transition energies are calculated in the presence of an electric field in different directions. The results show that the electron and hole energy levels and the optical transition energies can cause redshifts for the lateral electric field and blueshifts for the vertical field. The rotational direction of electric field can also change the energy shift.     

Quantum Nonlocality of Single Photon State?

In the paper with the above title [1] (but without the question mark), it is claimed that quantum nonlocality can be revealed in a simple interferometry experiment using only single particle. A critical analysis of the concept of hidden variable used by the authors of [1] shows that the reasoning is not correct.     

单量子点微腔激光器的研究

研究一个三能级量子点耦合到单模光学腔组成的系统,该单量子点激光器的泵浦阈值较小,激光能较快地达到稳定输出,当量子点和腔模耦合强度增强时,其泵浦阈值更小,激光达到稳定输出的速度更快。     

Thermal Bias on the Pumped Spin-Current in a Single Quantum Dot

Temperature effect on the spin pump in a single quantum dot (QD) connected to Normal (NM) and/or Ferromagnetic (FM) leads is investigated with the help of master equation method. Results show that the magnitude and the direction of the temperature difference between the source (L) and drain (R) leads have great impact on the spin current processes. In practical devices, the thermal bias is quite general and then our results may be useful in quantum information processing and spintronics.     

Thermal Bias on the Pumped Spin-Current in a Single Quantum Dot

Temperature effect on the spin pump in a single quantum dot(QD) connected to Normal(NM) and/or Ferromagnetic(FM) leads is investigated with the help of master equation method. Results show that the magnitude and the direction of the temperature difference between the source(L) and drain(R) leads have great impact on the spin current processes. In practical devices, the thermal bias is quite general and then our results may be useful in quantum information processing and spintronics.     

Quantum Mechanical Effect of Path-polarization Contextuality for a Single Photon

Using measurements pertaining to a suitable Mach-Zehnder (MZ) type setup, a curious quantum mechanical effect of contextuality between the path and the polarization degrees of freedom of a polarized photon is demonstrated, without using any notion of realism or hidden variables—an effect that holds good for the product as well as the entangled states. This form of experimental context-dependence is manifested in a way such that at either of the two exit channels of the MZ setup used, the empirically verifiable subensemble statistical properties obtained by an arbitrary polarization measurement depend upon the choice of a commuting (comeasurable) path observable, while this effect disappears for the whole ensemble of photons emerging from the two exit channels of the MZ setup.     

Photon Statistics of Single-Photon Quantum States in Real Single Photon Detection

Single photon detection (SPD) with high quantum efficiency has been widely used for measurement of different quantum states with different photon distributions.Based on the direct single SPD and double-SPD of HBT configuration, we discuss the effect of a real SPD on the photon statistics measurement and it shows that the measured photon distributions for different quantum states are corrected in different forms.The results are confirmed by experiment with the strongly attenuated coherent light and thermal light.This system can be used to characterize the photon statistics of the fluorescence light from single atom or single molecular.     

The Decoherence of Single Electron Quantum Dot Qubit

On the condition of electric-LO phonon strong coupling in parabolic quantum dot, we obtain the eigenenergies of the ground state and the first-excited state, the eigenfunctions of the ground state and the first-excited state by using variational method of Pekar type. This system in quantum dot may be employed as a two-level quantum system-qubit. The phonon spontaneous emission causes the decoherence of the qubit. We displayed the density matrix of the qubit decayed with the time evolution and the coherence term of the density matrix element p ₁₀ (or p ₀₁) decayed with the time evolution for different coupling strength, the confinement length, the coefficient dispersion.     

可控磁性量子点杂质引起的单电子自旋过滤器

本文提出一种基于电子-电子自旋交换相互作用获得自旋极化电流的模型.该方案中,需要两个距离相近的量子点.其中一个是开放系统,另一个是封闭系统.开放系统能完成单电子输运,封闭系统产生比较强的局域磁场,两个系统之间有电子-电子自旋交换相互作用.该相互作用会影响电子输运,从而可以对电子输运产生自旋过滤效应.我们用量子主方程描述开放系统的演化,在有效哈密顿量的基础上,可以得到解析结果.结果显示,在低温条件下,交换相互作用足够强的时候,系统给出的自旋过滤效率接近1.     

Nonequilibrium Green's Function Approach to Resonant Magnetotunneling Through a Quantum Dot

Keldysh's nonequilibrium Green's function is applied to studying resonant magnetotunneling through a quantum dot. We propose a microscopic Anderson-impurity-like Hamiltonian in which two kinds of the on-site Coulomb interactions are introduced:the interaction of two electrons at the same Landau level with different spins, U₁ and the interaction for the electrons between different Landau levels, U₁. I-V curves are obtained under different magnetic fields in asymmetrical structures which can display both the energy quantization and singleelectron charging effect. The theoretical results are in good agreement with the experiments qualitatively. The linear-response conductance is also discussed.