Nano-photonics in III-V Semiconductors for Integrated Quantum Optical Circuits

This thesis breaks new ground in the physics of photonic circuits for quantum optical applications, offering the first demonstration of a spin-photon interface using an all-waveguide geometry, and a number of other highly novel contributions to the field.

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

Autorentext
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.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Experimental methods.- Disorder limited photon propagation and Anderson localisation in photonic crystal waveguides.- On-chip interface for in-plane polarisation transfer for quantum information processing.- Direct in-plane readout of QD spin.- InP QDs in GaInP photonic crystal cavities.- Development of additional technological approaches.- Conclusions and future directions.