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Single photon sources play a key role in quantum communication and computation schemes. Using pulsed laser excitation of a single quantum dot (QD), a single photon source that generates a train of single photon pulses is demonstrated. Generated photon pulses have a vanishing probability for detection of two or more photons. For a spectrally isolated self-assembled InAs QD, nearly 100% of the excitation pulses lead to emission of a single photon, yielding an ideal single photon source. The QD single-exciton (1X) resonance that generates the single-photon pulses can be resonantly coupled to a high quality factor microdisk whispering gallery mode (WGM), by varying the sample temperature. We demonstrate exciton lifetime reduction by a factor of 2 due to the Purcell effect, on resonance.
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Kiraz, A. et al. (2003). Quantum Dot Single Photon Source. In: Bigelow, N.P., Eberly, J.H., Stroud, C.R., Walmsley, I.A. (eds) Coherence and Quantum Optics VIII. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8907-9_18
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