Quantum Photonics

Editor(s): Yasuhiko Arakawa; Dieter Bimberg

Published: 2024

https://doi.org/10.1117/3.100307

PDF ISBN: 9780323985581 | Print ISBN: 9780323983785

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This book is made available in cooperation with Elsevier.

Quantum Photonics aims to serve as a comprehensive and systematic reference source for entrants to the field of quantum photonics, including updated topics on quantum photonics for researchers working in this field. The book reviews the fundamental knowledge of modern photonics related quantum technologies, key concepts of quantum photonic devices, and quantum photonics applications. The book is suitable for graduate students, researchers, and engineers who want to learn quantum photonics fundamentals.

The editors, who are leaders in this field, have formulated this book as an introduction to the cutting-edge research in quantum photonics. Researchers and students involved in the development of semiconductor optoelectronics and optical communication systems should also find this book helpful.

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Front Matter

CHAPTER 1.

Introduction

Yasuhiko Arakawa , Dieter Bimberg

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CHAPTER 2.

Quantum electrodynamics in optical microcavities and waveguides: Basics and applications to quantum photonics

Julien Claudon , Jean-Michel Gérard

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2.1. Introduction
2.2. Solid-state artificial atoms
2.3. Spontaneous emission in free space
2.3.1. Emitter model and qualitative discussion
2.3.2. Light-matter interaction in the dipole approximation
2.3.2.1. Propagating plane waves
2.3.2.2. Light-matter Hamiltonian
2.3.3. A first approach: Fermi Golden rule
2.3.4. A refined description: Wigner-Weisskopf theory
2.4. First examples of spontaneous emission control
2.4.1. An emitter close to a planar mirror
2.4.2. Inhibiting spontaneous emission with dielectric screening
2.4.2.1. Dielectric screening in the electrostatic limit
2.4.2.2. Experimental demonstration in a cylindrical photonic wire
2.5. Cavity quantum electrodynamics
2.5.1. Optical cavities: Mode volume and quality factor
2.5.1.1. Mode volume
2.5.1.2. Quality factor
2.5.2. A gallery of dielectric optical cavities
2.5.2.1. Micropillar cavity
2.5.2.2. Microdisk cavity
2.5.2.3. Photonic crystal cavity
2.5.2.4. Bull´s eye cavity
2.5.2.5. Nanopost cavity
2.5.2.6. Open Fabry-Perot microcavity
2.5.3. Weak and strong coupling regimes
2.5.3.1. Jaynes-Cummings Hamiltonian
2.5.3.2. Dissipative Jaynes-Cummings dynamics
2.5.3.3. Light-matter interaction regimes
2.5.3.4. Experimental observations of the vacuum Rabi splitting for quantum dots in semiconductor microcavities
2.5.4. Strong coupling: Up on the Jaynes-Cummings ladder
2.5.5. Strong coupling: Increasing the number of emitters
2.5.6. Purcell effect for a monochromatic emitter
2.5.6.1. Purcell effect in a low-Q cavity
2.5.6.2. Selected experimental demonstrations in dielectric solid-state microcavities
2.5.7. Purcell effect and realistic solid-state emitters
2.5.7.1. Purcell effect and pure dephasing
2.5.7.2. Coupling to acoustic phonons
2.5.8. Toward time-dependent CQED
2.6. Waveguide quantum electrodynamics
2.6.1. General properties of a guided mode
2.6.2. Spontaneous emission into a family of guided modes
2.6.3. Two examples of dielectric waveguides
2.6.3.1. Photonic wires
2.6.3.2. Photonic crystal waveguides
2.7. On photonic devices based on single-mode spontaneous emission funneling
2.7.1. Strategies toward single-mode spontaneous emission
2.7.2. Thresholdless lasers: A lost dream?
2.7.3. High efficiency, single-mode single-photon sources
2.7.3.1. Collection efficiency
2.7.3.2. Emitter radiative yield
2.7.3.3. Sources of linearly polarized single photons
2.7.3.4. Bright sources of indistinguishable single photons
2.7.3.5. QD sources of entangled photon pairs
2.8. Conclusion and perspectives
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