Quantum-dot photon emitters
Optically active semiconductor dots can generate nonclassical light.
$$g^{(2)}(0)<1$$
Physical intuition
Optically active semiconductor dots can generate nonclassical light.
Deep dive: physical mechanism
Exciton recombination emits photons; a cavity can enhance a selected optical transition.
What is measured experimentally?
Antibunching and Hong–Ou–Mandel visibility quantify source performance.
Assumptions, noise and limitations
Antibunching alone does not establish high indistinguishability.
Research and simulation exercise
Simulate a pulsed two-level emitter and photon statistics.
Connect the ideas
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