Single photon emission from an InGaAs quantum dot precisely positioned on a nanoplane

Abstract

This work demonstrates single photon emissions from a site-controlled quantum dot (QD) grown on a self-constructed nanoplane. The size of the nanoplane on the micron-sized multifacet structure is accurately controlled by a low surface reducing rate (similar to 16 nm/min). Single QD spectral lines were resolved and identified. The antibunching behavior reveals that single photons are emitted from the positioned QD. (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics.