Ultimate photon entanglement in biexciton cascade

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Autores principales: Mantsevich, V. N., Smirnov, D. S., Ivchenko, E. L.
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Publicado: 2025
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author Mantsevich, V. N.
Smirnov, D. S.
Ivchenko, E. L.
author_facet Mantsevich, V. N.
Smirnov, D. S.
Ivchenko, E. L.
contents The polarization entanglement of photons emitted by semiconductor quantum dots is unavoidably limited by the spin fluctuations of the host lattice nuclei. To overcome this limitation, we develop a theory of entangled photon pair generation by a symmetric colloidal quantum dot mediated by a triplet exciton. We derive general analytical expressions for the concurrence as a function of the hyperfine interaction strength and show that it is intrinsically higher than that in conventional doublet-exciton systems such as self-assembled quantum dots. The concurrence sensitively depends on the shape anisotropy and the strain applied to a nanocrystal. In particular, we uncover a possibility of completely suppressing the detrimental effect of the hyperfine interaction due to the interplay between nanocrystal anisotropy and electron-hole exchange interaction. We argue that this represents the ultimate limit for the generation of entangled photon pairs by semiconductor quantum dots.
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Mantsevich, V. N.
Smirnov, D. S.
Ivchenko, E. L.
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Quantum Physics
The polarization entanglement of photons emitted by semiconductor quantum dots is unavoidably limited by the spin fluctuations of the host lattice nuclei. To overcome this limitation, we develop a theory of entangled photon pair generation by a symmetric colloidal quantum dot mediated by a triplet exciton. We derive general analytical expressions for the concurrence as a function of the hyperfine interaction strength and show that it is intrinsically higher than that in conventional doublet-exciton systems such as self-assembled quantum dots. The concurrence sensitively depends on the shape anisotropy and the strain applied to a nanocrystal. In particular, we uncover a possibility of completely suppressing the detrimental effect of the hyperfine interaction due to the interplay between nanocrystal anisotropy and electron-hole exchange interaction. We argue that this represents the ultimate limit for the generation of entangled photon pairs by semiconductor quantum dots.
title Ultimate photon entanglement in biexciton cascade
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.05065