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  • Quantum Optics
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Superconductivity

Background:

  • Quantum dots are semiconductor nanocrystals with tunable electronic properties.
  • Superconducting leads can induce unique quantum correlations in coupled systems.
  • Understanding photon emission from quantum dots is crucial for quantum technologies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate photon emission from a quantum dot coupled to superconducting leads.
  • To explore the nature of superconducting correlations induced on the quantum dot.
  • To analyze the characteristics of emitted photons, including polarization correlation and Josephson radiation.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical modeling of an optical quantum dot system.
  • Coupling electron and hole levels to superconducting electrodes.
  • Analysis of photon emission spectra and correlations.

Main Results:

  • Observed photon emission at discrete energies and a continuous tail due to electron-hole recombination.
  • Demonstrated that spectral lines probe induced superconducting correlations.
  • Identified pairwise emission of polarization-correlated photons near eV(sd).
  • Observed Josephson radiation-like emission near 2eV(sd) associated with Cooper pair transfer.

Conclusions:

  • Photon emission from quantum dots coupled to superconductors directly reveals superconducting correlations.
  • The study identifies distinct photon emission regimes, including correlated pairs and Josephson radiation.
  • Probing photon coherence using single-photon interference in a SQUID geometry is proposed.