Semiconductor Quantum Light Sources

Peter Michler, Simone Luca Portalupi

ISBN 10: 3110703408 / ISBN 13: 9783110703405

Published by De Gruyter, DE, 2024

About this Item

The work provides fundamental expertise of quantum optics and photonic quantum technology with particular attention to the generation of non-classical light with semiconductor nanostructures. The book is written by experimentalists for experimentalists at various career stages: physics and engineering students, researchers in quantum optics, industry experts in quantum technology. A didactical structure is followed, having in each chapter overview and summary of the discussed topics, allowing for a quick consultation. The book covers: Basics of quantum optics. Spectroscopy, time-resolved measurements, quantum optics techniques. Principles of non-classical light emission. Excitation of semiconductor nanostructures and their manipulation. Growth and nanofabrication of devices. Targeting physics and quantum engineering students as well as research scientists and engineers in academia and industry it provides the practical base for understanding quantum light sources and for evaluating their performances. Thus it enables readers to gain the necessary knowledge to understand, design and test novel quantum light sources for various implementations as quantum key distribution, quantum repeaters, quantum sensors and photonic quantum information processing.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Semiconductor Quantum Light Sources
• Publisher: De Gruyter, DE
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110703408
• ISBN 13: 9783110703405
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 637 grams

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Synopsis

The work provides fundamental expertise of quantum optics and photonic quantum technology with particular attention to the generation of non-classical light with semiconductor nanostructures. The book is written by experimentalists for experimentalists at various career stages: physics and engineering students, researchers in quantum optics, industry experts in quantum technology. A didactical structure is followed, having in each chapter overview and summary of the discussed topics, allowing for a quick consultation.

The book covers:

Basics of quantum optics.

Spectroscopy, time-resolved measurements, quantum optics techniques.

Principles of non-classical light emission. Excitation of semiconductor nanostructures and their manipulation.

Growth and nanofabrication of devices.

Targeting physics and quantum engineering students as well as research scientists and engineers in academia and industry it provides the practical base for understanding quantum light sources and for evaluating their performances. Thus it enables readers to gain the necessary knowledge to understand, design and test novel quantum light sources for various implementations as quantum key distribution, quantum repeaters, quantum sensors and photonic quantum information processing.

About the Author

Peter Michler is a physics professor and the head of the Institute for Semiconductor Optics and Functional Interfaces at the University of Stuttgart, Germany, concentrating research on quantum dots, non-classical light sources, photonic quantum technology and semiconductor lasers.

Simone Luca Portalupi is head of the quantum optics group at the Institute for Semiconductor Optics and Functional Interfaces at the University of Stuttgart, Germany. He focuses on quantum dots, classical and quantum photonics, quantum technology, spectroscopy, and hybrid quantum systems.