LMI Seminar: Quantum and Photonic Confinements in Low-Dimensional Nanostructures: Towards on-chip integrated quantum photonics

Abstract:

Quantum and photonic confinements in low-dimensional nanostructures share many common attributes.  Combining these effects in the same system allows not only shping the properties of electronic and electromagnetic states by tailored structure and dimensionality, but also adjusting light-matter interaction.  We discuss the effect of combining quantum and photonic confinement in semiconductor quantum nanostructures embedded in nano-photonic cavities and waveguides.  The ideas are illustrated experimentally using systems of site-controlled quantum dots integrated with various photonic crystal configurations.  Applications in on-chip integrated quantum photonics for single-photon generation, routing and processing are mentioned.