| Issue |
Photoniques
March-April 2017
PHOTONICS in Europe
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| Page(s) | 23 - 26 | |
| Section | TECHNICAL NOTEBOOK | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/photon/2017S223 | |
| Published online | 26 April 2017 | |
Quantum optics
Ultrabright single-photon sources
1
Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), CNRS, Route de Nozay, 91460 Marcoussis, France
2
Université Paris 7 Diderot, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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pascale.senellart@lpn.cnrs.fr
The development of a quantum communication network will require sources that efficiently emit single photons. Now, using a new lithography technique that garnered a silver CNRS medal in 2014, it has recently proved possible to fabricate these sources using quantum dots (QDs), that is, artificial solid-state atoms. Performed at cryogenic temperatures, this technique makes it possible to position a single QD in the middle of an optical microcavity with nanometric precision.
© EDP Sciences, 2017
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