Quantum frequency conversion of visible single photons from a quantum dot to a telecom band

Author

Lenhard, Andreas ; Zaske, Sebastian ; Kesler, Christian A. ; Kettler, J. ; Arend, Cesar ; Hepp, Christian ; Albrecht, Roland ; Schulz, Wolfgang-Michael ; Jetter, M. ; Michler, P. ; Becher, Christoph

Author_Institution

Univ. des Saarlandes, Saarbrucken, Germany

fYear

2013

fDate

12-16 May 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

The work demonstrates frequency downconversion of single photons from a quantum dot and prove the preservation of the single photon character. The authors were able to translate the frequency of single photons of a semiconductor quantum dot from the red spectral range to the telecom O-band. It was proven that this conversion process leaves the quantum properties of the photons untouched. The high over-all efficiency of 32% for this conversion interface makes it well suited for an application in long-range quantum transmission links.

Keywords

optical frequency conversion; quantum optics; semiconductor quantum dots; InP-GaInP; frequency downconversion; long-range quantum transmission links; quantum frequency conversion; red spectral range; semiconductor quantum dot; single photon character; telecom O-band; visible single photons; Filtering; Frequency conversion; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Quantum dot lasers; Quantum dots; Telecommunications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference on and International Quantum Electronics Conference

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0593-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6801620

Filename

6801620