Title :
Colloidal quantum light sources based on asymmetric semiconductor nanocrystals
Author :
Pisanello, Ferruccio ; Luigi, Martiradonna ; Lemenager, Godefroy ; Carbone, Luigi ; Bramati, Alberto ; De Vittorio, Massimo
Author_Institution :
Center for Bio-Mol. Nanotechnol., Ist. Italiano di Tecnol. (IIT), Lecce, Italy
Abstract :
We report on the development of efficient and low cost single photon sources for quantum communications. The work discusses the suitability of colloidal nanocrystals as sources of quantum light as well as it draws out possible solutions to overtake the drawbacks of these emitters, such as blinking and polarization.
Keywords :
colloidal crystals; light sources; nanophotonics; nanostructured materials; quantum cryptography; quantum optics; asymmetric semiconductor nanocrystals; blinking; colloidal nanocrystals; colloidal quantum light sources; polarization; quantum communications; quantum cryptography; quantum light sources; Cryptography; Laser beams; Nanocrystals; Photonics; Polarization; Quantum dots; Quantum mechanics; colloidal nanocrystals; quantum cryptography; single photon sources;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2012 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Coventry
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2228-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-2056
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2012.6253786
