Direct fiber-coupled single photon source based on a photonic crystal waveguide

B.-H. Ahn; C.-M. Lee; H.-J. Lim; T.W. Schlereth; M. Kamp; Sven Höfling; Y.-H. Lee

doi:10.1063/1.4929838

Direct fiber-coupled single photon source based on a photonic crystal waveguide

B.-H. Ahn, C.-M. Lee, H.-J. Lim, T.W. Schlereth, M. Kamp, Sven Höfling, Y.-H. Lee

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A single photon source plays a key role in quantum applications such as quantum computers and quantum communications. Epitaxially grown quantum dots are one of the promising platforms to implement a good single photon source. However, it is challenging to realize an efficient single photon source based on semiconductor materials due to their high refractive index. Here we demonstrate a direct fiber coupled single photon source with high collection efficiency by employing a photonic crystal (PhC) waveguide and a tapered micro-fiber. To confirm the single photon nature, the second-order correlation function g⁽²⁾(τ) is measured with a Hanbury Brown-Twiss setup. The measured g⁽²⁾(0) value is 0.15, and we can estimate 24% direct collection efficiency from a quantum dot to the fiber.

Original language	English
Article number	081113
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	107
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4929838
Publication status	Published - 24 Aug 2015

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