Cavity quantum electrodynamics with Anderson-localized modes
Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article – Annual report year: 2010
A major challenge in quantum optics and quantum information technology is to enhance the
interaction between single photons and single quantum emitters. This requires highly engineered
optical cavities that are inherently sensitive to fabrication imperfections. We have demonstrated a
fundamentally different approach in which disorder is used as a resource rather than a nuisance.
We generated strongly confined Anderson-localized cavity modes by deliberately adding disorder
to photonic crystal waveguides. The emission rate of a semiconductor quantum dot embedded in
the waveguide was enhanced by a factor of 15 on resonance with the Anderson-localized mode,
and 94% of the emitted single photons coupled to the mode. Disordered photonic media thus
provide an efficient platform for quantum electrodynamics, offering an approach to inherently
disorder-robust quantum information devices.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Science |
| Publication date | 2010 |
| Volume | 327 |
| Journal number | 5971 |
| Pages | 1352-1355 |
| ISSN | 0036-8075 |
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| State | Published |
| Citations | Web of Science® Times Cited: 73 |
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