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Signatures of the Optical Stark Effect on Entangled Photon Pairs from Resonantly-Pumped Quantum Dots
Two-photon resonant excitation of the biexciton-exciton cascade in a quantum
dot generates highly polarization-entangled photon pairs in a
near-deterministic way. However, there are still open questions on the ultimate
level of achievable entanglement. Here, we observe the impact of the
laser-induced AC-Stark effect on the spectral emission features and on
entanglement. A shorter emission time, longer laser pulse duration, and higher
pump power all result in lower values of concurrence. Nonetheless, additional
contributions are still required to fully account for the observed below-unity
concurrence.Comment: 7 pages, 3 figure
A source of entangled photons based on a cavity-enhanced and strain-tuned GaAs quantum dot
A quantum-light source that delivers photons with a high brightness and a
high degree of entanglement is fundamental for the development of efficient
entanglement-based quantum-key distribution systems. Among all possible
candidates, epitaxial quantum dots are currently emerging as one of the
brightest sources of highly entangled photons. However, the optimization of
both brightness and entanglement currently requires different technologies that
are difficult to combine in a scalable manner. In this work, we overcome this
challenge by developing a novel device consisting of a quantum dot embedded in
a circular Bragg resonator, in turn, integrated onto a micromachined
piezoelectric actuator. The resonator engineers the light-matter interaction to
empower extraction efficiencies up to 0.69(4). Simultaneously, the actuator
manipulates strain fields that tune the quantum dot for the generation of
entangled photons with fidelities up to 0.96(1). This hybrid technology has the
potential to overcome the limitations of the key rates that plague current
approaches to entanglement-based quantum key distribution and
entanglement-based quantum networks. Introductio