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- Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the University of Sheffield, UK
- Details current research at the forefront of experimental semiconductor physics, with applications in photonics and quantum information processing
- Includes an insightful introduction to this experimental field written by a post-graduate researcher, for post-graduate researchers
- Presents detailed descriptions of the micro-photoluminescence set-ups and optical spectroscopy experiments used to obtain the results discussed
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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This thesis breaks new ground in the physics of photonic circuits for quantum optical applications. The photonic circuits are based either on ridge waveguides or photonic crystals, with embedded quantum dots providing the single qubit, quantum optical emitters. The highlight of the thesis is the first demonstration of a spin-photon interface using an all-waveguide geometry, a vital component of a quantum optical circuit, based on deterministic single photon emission from a single quantum dot. The work makes a further important contribution to the field by demonstrating the effects and limitations that inevitable disorder places on photon propagation in photonic crystal waveguides, a further key component of quantum optical circuits. Overall the thesis offers a number of highly novel contributions to the field; those on chip circuits may prove to be the only means of scaling up the highly promising quantum-dot-based quantum information technology.
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
As a Manx Russell-Willis Scholar, Nicholas obtained an MPhys Physics degree with first class honours from the University of Manchester in 2009. He subsequently conducted PhD research in the Low Dimensional Structures and Devices group of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Sheffield under the supervision of Prof M. Skolnick (FRS), completing his thesis in January 2013. Nicholas has co-authored five peer-reviewed papers and presented work at a number of conferences including ICPS 2012 where he was nominated for the Young Scientist Best Paper Award. Nicholas currently works as a physicist for Sagentia in Harston, Cambridge.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Nano-photonics in III-V Semiconductors for Integrated Quantum Optical Circuits
Authors: Nicholas Andrew Wasley
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01514-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-01513-2Published: 17 September 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34883-4Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-01514-9Published: 05 September 2013
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 129
Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations, 51 illustrations in colour
Topics: Semiconductors, Quantum Optics, Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics, Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices