Deterministic Integration of Single Photon Sources in Silicon Based Photonic Circuits

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• 作者：Iman Esmaeil Zadeh ; Ali W. Elshaari ; Klaus D. Jöns ; Andreas Fognini ; Dan Dalacu ; Philip J. Poole ; Michael E. Reimer ; Val Zwiller
• 刊名：Nano Letters
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：April 13, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：16
• 期：4
• 页码：2289-2294
• 全文大小：442K
• 年卷期：0
• ISSN：1530-6992

文摘

A major step toward fully integrated quantum optics is the deterministic incorporation of high quality single photon sources in on-chip optical circuits. We show a novel hybrid approach in which preselected III–V single quantum dots in nanowires are transferred and integrated in silicon based photonic circuits. The quantum emitters maintain their high optical quality after integration as verified by measuring a low multiphoton probability of 0.07 ± 0.07 and emission line width as narrow as 3.45 ± 0.48 GHz. Our approach allows for optimum alignment of the quantum dot light emission to the fundamental waveguide mode resulting in very high coupling efficiencies. We estimate a coupling efficiency of 24.3 ± 1.7% from the studied single-photon source to the photonic channel and further show by finite-difference time-domain simulations that for an optimized choice of material and design the efficiency can exceed 90%.