Superconductor-semiconductor hybrid devices can bridge the gap between solid-state-based and photonics-based quantum systems,enabling new hybrid computing schemes,offering increased scalability and robustness.One exam...Superconductor-semiconductor hybrid devices can bridge the gap between solid-state-based and photonics-based quantum systems,enabling new hybrid computing schemes,offering increased scalability and robustness.One example for a hybrid device is the superconducting light-emitting diode(SLED).SLEDs have been theoretically shown to emit polarization-entangled photon pairs by utilizing radiative recombination of Cooper pairs.However,the twophoton nature of the emission has not been shown experimentally before.We demonstrate two-photon emission in a GaAs/AlGaAs SLED.Measured electroluminescence spectra reveal unique two-photon superconducting features below the critical temperature(Tc),while temperature-dependent photon-pair correlation experiments(g(2)(τ,T))demonstrate temperature-dependent time coincidences below Tc between photons emitted from the SLED.Our results pave the way for compact and efficient superconducting quantum light sources and open new directions in light-matter interaction studies.展开更多
基金the Israel Science Foundation(ISF)through Grant No.3581/21.
文摘Superconductor-semiconductor hybrid devices can bridge the gap between solid-state-based and photonics-based quantum systems,enabling new hybrid computing schemes,offering increased scalability and robustness.One example for a hybrid device is the superconducting light-emitting diode(SLED).SLEDs have been theoretically shown to emit polarization-entangled photon pairs by utilizing radiative recombination of Cooper pairs.However,the twophoton nature of the emission has not been shown experimentally before.We demonstrate two-photon emission in a GaAs/AlGaAs SLED.Measured electroluminescence spectra reveal unique two-photon superconducting features below the critical temperature(Tc),while temperature-dependent photon-pair correlation experiments(g(2)(τ,T))demonstrate temperature-dependent time coincidences below Tc between photons emitted from the SLED.Our results pave the way for compact and efficient superconducting quantum light sources and open new directions in light-matter interaction studies.
