Correlated photon emission from semiconductor quantum dots grown in inverted pyramids

  • A. Malko
  • , M. H. Baier
  • , E. Pelucchi
  • , D. Chek-Al-Kar
  • , D. Y. Oberli
  • , E. Kapon

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Abstract

We demonstrate photon antibunching and deterministic single-photon operation using single InGaAs/AlGaAs semiconductor quantum dots grown on pre-patterned substrates. Additionally, we observe several types of single-photon cascades involving biexcitonic and other excitonic complexes and have modeled this behavior using numerical Monte-Carlo simulations. This method allows us to determine different non-radiative mechanisms otherwise not directly accessible via conventional spectroscopic methods.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)194-198
Number of pages5
JournalPhysica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures
Volume26
Issue number1-4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2005
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Conference on Quantum Dots - Banff, Alberta, Canada
Duration: 10 May 200413 May 2004

Keywords

  • Excitons
  • Non-classical emission
  • Quantum dots
  • Single photons

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