posted on 2023-01-12, 14:12authored byDan Cogan, Zu-En Su, Oded Kenneth, David Gershoni
Measurement-based quantum communication relies on the availability of highly entangled multi-photon cluster states. The inbuilt redundancy in the cluster allows communication between remote nodes using repeated local measurements, compensating for photon losses and probabilistic Bell-measurements. For feasible applications, the cluster generation should be fast, deterministic, and its photons - indistinguishable. We present a novel source based on a semiconductor quantum-dot device. The dot confines a heavy-hole, precessing in a finely tuned external weak magnetic field while periodically excited by a sequence of optical pulses. Consequently, the dot emits indistinguishable polarization-entangled photons, where the field strength optimizes the entanglement. We demonstrate Gigahertz rate deterministic generation of >90% indistinguishable photons in a cluster state with more than 10 photons characteristic entanglement-length.
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