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Quantum Communication and Information Processing with Quantum Dots

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This paper reviews the single photon sources based on semiconductor quantum dots and their applications to quantum information systems. By optically pumping a system consisting of a semiconductor single quantum dot confined in a monolithic microcavity, it is possible to produce a single photon pulse stream at the Fourier transform limit with a negligible jitter. This single photon source is not only useful for BB84 quantum key distribution (QKD), but also find applications in other quantum information systems such as Ekert91/BBM92 QKD and quantum teleportation gate linear optical quantum computers.

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  1. E. L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA

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  2. National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan

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Yamamoto, Y. Quantum Communication and Information Processing with Quantum Dots. Quantum Inf Process 5, 299–311 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-006-0027-0

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