Feasibility of efficient room-temperature solid-state sources of indistinguishable single photons using ultrasmall mode volume cavities

Highly efficient sources of indistinguishable single photons that can operate at room temperature would be very beneficial for many applications in quantum technology. We show that the implementation of such sources is a realistic goal using solid-state emitters and ultrasmall mode volume cavities....

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Published in:arXiv.org 2018-05
Main Authors: Wein, Stephen, Lauk, Nikolai, Ghobadi, Roohollah, Simon, Christoph
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Diamonds
Emitters
Fabry-Perot interferometers
Holes
Nanostructure
Photon emission
Photons
Room temperature
Solid state
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Summary:Highly efficient sources of indistinguishable single photons that can operate at room temperature would be very beneficial for many applications in quantum technology. We show that the implementation of such sources is a realistic goal using solid-state emitters and ultrasmall mode volume cavities. We derive and analyze an expression for photon indistinguishability that accounts for relevant detrimental effects, such as plasmon-induced quenching and pure-dephasing. We then provide the general cavity and emitter conditions required to achieve efficient indistinguishable photon emission, and also discuss constraints due to phonon sideband emission. Using these conditions, we propose that a nanodiamond negatively charged silicon-vacancy center combined with a plasmonic-Fabry-Perot hybrid cavity is an excellent candidate system.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1710.03742