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Main Authors: Akbari, Hamidreza, Jha, Pankaj K., Malinowski, Kristina, Koltenbah, Benjamin E. C., Atwater, Harry A.
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.12291
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author Akbari, Hamidreza
Jha, Pankaj K.
Malinowski, Kristina
Koltenbah, Benjamin E. C.
Atwater, Harry A.
author_facet Akbari, Hamidreza
Jha, Pankaj K.
Malinowski, Kristina
Koltenbah, Benjamin E. C.
Atwater, Harry A.
contents We report on the quantum photon statistics of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) quantum emitters by analyzing the Mandel Q parameter. We have measured the Mandel Q parameter for h-BN quantum emitters under various temperatures and pump power excitation conditions. Under pulsed excitation we can achieve a Mandel Q of -0.002 and under continuous-wave (CW) excitation this parameter can reach -0.0025. We investigate the effect of cryogenic temperatures on Mandel Q and conclude that the photon statistics vary weakly with temperature. Through calculation of spontaneous emission from an excited two-level emitter model, we demonstrate good agreement between measured and calculated Mandel Q parameter when accounting for the experimental photon collection efficiency. Finally, we illustrate the usefulness of Mandel Q in quantum applications by the example of random number generation and analyze the effect of Mandel Q on the speed of generating random bits via this method.
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spellingShingle Photon statistics analysis of h-BN quantum emitters with pulsed and continuous-wave excitation
Akbari, Hamidreza
Jha, Pankaj K.
Malinowski, Kristina
Koltenbah, Benjamin E. C.
Atwater, Harry A.
Quantum Physics
We report on the quantum photon statistics of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) quantum emitters by analyzing the Mandel Q parameter. We have measured the Mandel Q parameter for h-BN quantum emitters under various temperatures and pump power excitation conditions. Under pulsed excitation we can achieve a Mandel Q of -0.002 and under continuous-wave (CW) excitation this parameter can reach -0.0025. We investigate the effect of cryogenic temperatures on Mandel Q and conclude that the photon statistics vary weakly with temperature. Through calculation of spontaneous emission from an excited two-level emitter model, we demonstrate good agreement between measured and calculated Mandel Q parameter when accounting for the experimental photon collection efficiency. Finally, we illustrate the usefulness of Mandel Q in quantum applications by the example of random number generation and analyze the effect of Mandel Q on the speed of generating random bits via this method.
title Photon statistics analysis of h-BN quantum emitters with pulsed and continuous-wave excitation
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.12291