Resonance Fluorescence from Waveguide-Coupled, Strain-Localized, Two-Dimensional Quantum Emitters

Carlos Errando-Herranz, Eva Schöll, Raphaël Picard, Micaela Laini, Samuel Gyger, Ali W. Elshaari, Art Branny, Ulrika Wennberg, Sebastien Barbat, Thibaut Renaud, Marc Sartison, Mauro Brotons-Gisbert, Cristian Bonato, Brian D. Gerardot, Val Zwiller, Klaus D. Jöns

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Abstract

Efficient on-chip integration of single-photon emitters imposes a major bottleneck for applications of photonic integrated circuits in quantum technologies. Resonantly excited solid-state emitters are emerging as near-optimal quantum light sources, if not for the lack of scalability of current devices. Current integration approaches rely on cost-inefficient individual emitter placement in photonic integrated circuits, rendering applications impossible. A promising scalable platform is based on two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors. However, resonant excitation and single-photon emission of waveguide-coupled 2D emitters have proven to be elusive. Here, we show a scalable approach using a silicon nitride photonic waveguide to simultaneously strain-localize single-photon emitters from a tungsten diselenide (WSe2) monolayer and to couple them into a waveguide mode. We demonstrate the guiding of single photons in the photonic circuit by measuring second-order autocorrelation of g(2)(0) = 0.150 ± 0.093 and perform on-chip resonant excitation, yielding a g(2)(0) = 0.377 ± 0.081. Our results are an important step to enable coherent control of quantum states and multiplexing of high-quality single photons in a scalable photonic quantum circuit.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1069–1076
Number of pages8
JournalACS Photonics
Volume8
Issue number4
Early online date9 Apr 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Apr 2021

Keywords

  • photonic integrated circuit
  • quantum photonics
  • resonance fluorescence
  • single-photon emitter
  • strain engineering
  • two-dimensional materials

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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