Device Physics of High Temperature Operational Single Photon Emitters

• Project/Area Number: 15H06141
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Electron device/Electronic equipment
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Holmes Mark 東京大学, 生産技術研究所, 准教授 (90760570)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
• Keywords: 単一光子発生 / 窒化物ガリウム / 量子ドット

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The main results of this research project were the measurement of single photons from a site controlled GaN nanowire quantum dot at an ambient temperature of 350K (77C). The emsission itself was measured up to temperatures of 400K, but the intensity was too low to perform autocorrelation measurements. This was the result of a sharp decrease in emission intensity at temperatures above 300K (the origin of which is not fully clear at present). The phonon-induced linewidth broadening was also investigated from 4K to 400K (and the rate of broadening was compared to other materials). At temperatures above 200K phonon wings begin to dominate the emission spectrum, and the linewidth rapidly broadens to values of ~40meV. The phonon interactions are strong in GaN due to the existence of both deformation potential and piezoelectric coupling mechanisms.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Emission of Linearly Polarized Single Photons from Quantum Dots Contained in Nonpolar, Semipolar, and Polar Sections of Pencil-Like InGaN/GaN Nanowires (2017)
  • Author(s): Z. Gacevic, M. Holmes, E. Chernysheva, M. Muller, A. Torres-Pardo, P. Veit, F. Bertram, J. Christen, J. M. G. Calbet, Y. Arakawa, E. Calleja, and S. Lazic
  • Journal Title: ACS Photonics Volume: 4 Issue: 3 Pages: 657-664
  • DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.6b01030
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Single Photons from a Hot Solid-State Emitter at 350K (2016)
  • Author(s): Mark J. Holmes, Satoshi Kako, Kihyun Choi, Munetaka Arita, and Yasuhiko Arakawa
  • Journal Title: ACS Photonics Volume: 3 Issue: 4 Pages: 543-546
  • DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.6b00112
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] GaNナノワイヤ量子ドットと単一光子発生 (2017)
  • Author(s): M. Holmes, S. Kako, K. Choi, M. Arita, and Y. Arakawa
  • Organizer: 2017年電子情報通信学会総合大会
  • Place of Presentation: Ｎａｇｏｙａ， Ｊａｐａｎ
  • Year and Date: 2017-03-22
  • Invited
• [Presentation] QD single photon sources: operation at high temperature (2017)
  • Author(s): M. Holmes, S. Kako, K. Choi, M. Arita, amd Y. Arakawa
  • Organizer: JSAP Workshop on Quantum Information and Related Technologies
  • Place of Presentation: Tokyo, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2017-03-02
  • Invited
• [Presentation] III-nitride based quantum dots for single photon emission (2017)
  • Author(s): M. Holmes, S. Kako, K. Choi, M. Arita, amd Y. Arakawa
  • Organizer: International Symposium on Photonics and Electronics Science and Engineering 2017
  • Place of Presentation: Kyoto, Japan
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Ｎｏｎｐｏｌａｒ, semipolar and polar III-Nitride dot-in-a-wire sources of linearly polarized single photons (2016)
  • Author(s): Z. Gacevic, M. Holmes, E. Chernysheva, A. Torres-Pardo, J. M. Gonzalez-Callbet, Y. Arakawa, E. Calleja, and S. Lazic
  • Organizer: 17th International Workshop on Nitride Semicondictors
  • Place of Presentation: Florida, USA
  • Year and Date: 2016-10-02
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] The extreme emisison properties of III-nitride quantum dots and the effects of extreme environments on those properties (2016)
  • Author(s): M. Holmes, S. Kako, K. Choi, M. Arita, amd Y. Arakawa
  • Organizer: 17th International Workshop on Nitride Semicondictors
  • Place of Presentation: Florida, USA
  • Year and Date: 2016-10-02
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] GaNナノワイヤ量子ドットからの直線偏光単一光子発生 (2016)
  • Author(s): M. Holmes, S. Kako, K. Choi, M. Arita, and Y. Arakawa
  • Organizer: 第77回応用物理学会秋季学術講演会
  • Place of Presentation: 新潟県新潟市
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-13
• [Presentation] Single photon emission from a site-controlled nanowire quantum dot at 77c (350k) (2016)
  • Author(s): Mark J. Holmes, Satoshi Kako, Kihyun Choi, Munetaka Arita, and Yasuhiko Arakawa
  • Organizer: The 9th International Conference on Quantum Dots
  • Place of Presentation: Jeju, Korea
  • Year and Date: 2016-05-22
  • Int'l Joint Research