• Journal of Semiconductors
  • Vol. 40, Issue 7, 071904 (2019)
Yating Lin, Yongzheng Ye, and Wei Fang
Author Affiliations
  • State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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    DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/40/7/071904 Cite this Article
    Yating Lin, Yongzheng Ye, Wei Fang. Electrically driven single-photon sources[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2019, 40(7): 071904 Copy Citation Text show less

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    Single-photon sources are building blocks for photonic quantum information processes. Of the many single-photon generation schemes, electrically driven single-photon sources have the advantages of realizing monolithic integration of quantum light sources and detectors without optical filtering, thus greatly simplify the integrated quantum photonic circuits. Here, we review recent advances on electrically driven single-photon sources based on solid-state quantum emitters, such as semiconductor epitaxial quantum dots, colloidal quantum dots, carbon nanotubes, molecules, and defect states in diamond, SiC and layered semiconductors. In particular, the merits and drawbacks of each system are discussed. Finally, the article is concluded by discussing the challenges that remain for electrically driven single-photon sources.
    $ \begin{array}{l} g^{(2)}(\tau) = \displaystyle\frac{<I(t+\tau)I(t)>}{<I(t)>^2} ,\end{array} $(1)

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    $ \begin{array}{l} g^{(2)}(\tau) = \displaystyle\frac{<\hat{a}^{+}(t)\hat{a}^{+}(t+\tau)\hat{a}(t+\tau)\hat{a}(t)>}{<\hat{a}^{+}(t)\hat{a}(t)>^2} ,\end{array} $(2)

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    Yating Lin, Yongzheng Ye, Wei Fang. Electrically driven single-photon sources[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2019, 40(7): 071904
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