Research Areas - (4) Solid-State Atom-Like Emitter Quantum Light Sources

Full path: Physics > Quantum Optics > Single Photon / Entanglement > Solid-State Atom-Like Emitter Quantum Light Sources

Department(s)/lab(s): Physics | Goldschmidt Research Group @ UIUC
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Studies experimental quantum optics and atomic physics, including quantum light-matter interfaces, quantum memories, and single-photon sources based on atom-like emitters in solids, for applications in long-distance quantum communication and quantum networking.

Department(s)/lab(s): Physics | Institute of Semiconductor Optics and Functional Interfaces (IHFG) @ Stuttgart
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Michler's IHFG grows and studies semiconductor quantum dots as on-demand single- and entangled-photon sources, including telecom-band emitters, on-chip Hanbury-Brown-Twiss/photonic integration, and atom-QD hybrid interfaces - core fundamental-light and quantum-photonic-sensing resources. Cleanroom epitaxy on site. In the broader landscape of NV-centre ensemble quantum sensing (DEER, nano-NMR, T1 relaxometry) operating near pT/sqrt(Hz) sensitivity, this work supplies nonclassical light sources that can enhance optical sensing.

Department(s)/lab(s): Engineering (Electrical Engineering Division) | Integrated Quantum Photonics Group @ Cambridge
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Sapienza's Integrated Quantum Photonics group studies quantum optics on a chip, developing nanophotonic devices that integrate solid-state single-photon emitters (III-V quantum dots) with photonic crystal and plasmonic cavities, alongside investigations of quantum effects in biomolecules.

Department(s)/lab(s): Chemistry | Utzat Lab @ UCB
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Utzat studies the quantum optical properties of single colloidal quantum dots and perovskite nanocrystals, using photon-correlation spectroscopy to characterize and improve their performance as solid-state single-photon sources for quantum photonic applications. The group is actively recruiting postdocs.