Dresden 2011 – scientific programme

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ISS: Intersectional Sessions

ISS 3: Solid State Photon Sources (Q, HL)

ISS 3.8: Talk

Tuesday, March 15, 2011, 12:30–12:45, HSZ 02

On-demand single photon source in (311)A GaAs quantum dots — •Snežana Lazić, Rudolf Hey, and Paulo Santos — Paul-Drude-Institut für Festkörperelektronik, Hausvogteiplatz 5–7, 10117 Berlin, Germany

We demonstrate the generation of single photons on demand using an acousto-electric effect in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well (QW) grown by molecular beam epitaxy on pre-patterned (311)A GaAs substrates. In this process, a surface acoustic wave (SAW) is employed to control the transfer of carriers, photogenerated in the QW, to an array of quantum dots (QDs) embedded at well-defined positions within the high-mobility QW transport channel. The embedded QD arrays form during the growth at the edges of etched triangular trenches due to monolayer fluctuations of the QW thickness. The photoluminescence from these acoustically-pumped arrays of QDs consists of a series of sharp lines which are attributed to the recombination of carriers in discrete quantum states. Time-resolved studies show that the population of the emitting states within the array, as well as the subsequent emission of single photons is governed by the SAW. The photons are emitted when the electrons captured within the array recombine with holes brought in a subsequent SAW cycle. The mechanism for the emission of non-classical light from QD arrays was investigated by analyzing the statistics of the emitted photons using the Hanbury Brown and Twiss approach.