Single Photon Turnstile Device

Abstract

A single-photon turnstile device based on a simutaneous Coulomb blockade effect for electrons and holes was demonstrated in a misoscopic double-barrier p-n junction. The current-voltage characteristics at 50 mK featured three plateaus at 1 ef, 2ef, and 3ef, where f is an external modulation frequency. The emitted photon was detected by a Si solid-state photomultiplier with a quantum efficiency of > 90%, multiiplication gain of about 30,000, response time of 2 ns, and absolutely no excess noise. The emitted photons at the first current plateau were well localized at the rising edge of the driving pulse as expected.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADP012851

Entities

People

  • B. Kim
  • H. Kan
  • O. Benson
  • Yoshihisa Yamamoto

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electron Beam Lithography
  • Electron Microscopes
  • Electrons
  • Emission
  • Energy Bands
  • Exclusion Principle
  • Frequency
  • Intervals
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Quantum Efficiency
  • Quantum Information
  • Quantum Mechanics
  • Scanning Electron Microscopes
  • Shot Noise
  • Time Intervals

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Quantum Computing
  • Quantum Science - Quantum Dots