Bright room temperature single photon source at telecom range in cubic silicon carbide

Single photon emitters (SPEs) play an important role in a number of quantum information tasks such as quantum key distributions. In these protocols, telecom wavelength photons are desired due to their low transmission loss in optical fibers. In this paper, we present a study of bright single-photon...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2018-09
Main Authors: Wang, Junfeng, Zhou, Yu, Wang, Ziyu, Abdullah Rasmita, Yang, Jianqun, Li, Xingji, von Bardeleben, Hans Jürgen, Gao, Weibo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Emitters
Optical fibers
Photons
Quantum cryptography
Quantum phenomena
Quantum theory
Room temperature
Silicon carbide
Telecommunications
Transmission loss
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Summary:Single photon emitters (SPEs) play an important role in a number of quantum information tasks such as quantum key distributions. In these protocols, telecom wavelength photons are desired due to their low transmission loss in optical fibers. In this paper, we present a study of bright single-photon emitters in cubic silicon carbide (3C-SiC) emitting in the telecom range. We find that these emitters are photostable and bright at room temperature with a count rate of ~ MHz. Together with the fact that SiC is a growth and fabrication-friendly material, our result may pave the way for its future application in quantum communication technology applications.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1809.05664