https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2014-50717-x
Colloquium
Quantum optics with quantum dots
Towards semiconductor sources of quantum light for quantum information processing
1 CNRS-Laboratoire de Photonique et de
Nanostructures, Route de
Nozay, 91460
Marcoussis,
France
2 CEA-CNRS-UJF, “Nanophysique et
Semiconducteurs” group, CEA−INAC−SP2M, 38054
Grenoble,
France
a e-mail: isabelle.robert@lpn.cnrs.fr
Received:
29
September
2014
Received in final form:
4
November
2014
Published online:
18
December
2014
For the past fifteen years, single semiconductor quantum dots, often referred to as solid-state artificial atoms, have been at the forefront of various research direction lines for experimental quantum information science, in particular in the development of practical sources of quantum states of light. Here we review the research to date, on the tailoring of the emission properties from single quantum dots producing single photons, indistinguishable single photons and entangled photon pairs. Finally, the progress and future prospects for applications of single dots in quantum information processing is considered.
Key words: Colloquium
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag 2014