Resonance fluorescence from solid state devices have been motivated by the capability to
obtain a bright source of antibunched and indistinguishable photons from a semiconductor
chip. Such a photon source would be a strong candidate for applications in the quantum
information field. In this thesis, an experimental setup to obtain high signal to noise resonance
fluorescence from a single quantum dot is first presented. I then discuss the photon
statistics, power spectrum, second-order correlation function and two-photon interference
of the stream of resonance fluorescence. Particular emphasis is placed on a throughout investigation
of spectral fluctuations caused by charge noise and Overhauser field generated
by fluctuating nuclear spins in the quantum dot. In each case, it is found that noise can
be overcome to generate single photons that exhibit high visibility two-photon interference.
Finally, an interference effect caused by the interaction of a quantum dot and a nearby metal
surface is presented. Preliminary analysis yields quantitative agreement with the data