Time-dependent Mandel Q parameter analysis for a hexagonal boron nitride single photon source
dc.contributor.author | Jones, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Xavier, J | |
dc.contributor.author | Vartabi Kashanian, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Nguyen, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Aharonovich, I | |
dc.contributor.author | Vollmer, F | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-13T10:00:48Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-03-09 | |
dc.date.updated | 2023-03-11T10:09:57Z | |
dc.description.abstract | The time-dependent Mandel Q parameter, Q(T), provides a measure of photon number variance for a light source as a function of integration time. Here, we use Q(T) to characterise single photon emission from a quantum emitter in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN). Under pulsed excitation a negative Q parameter was measured, indicating photon antibunching at an integration time of 100 ns. For larger integration times Q is positive and the photon statistics become super-Poissonian, and we show by comparison with a Monte Carlo simulation for a three-level emitter that this is consistent with the effect of a metastable shelving state. Looking towards technological applications for hBN single photon sources, we propose that Q(T) provides valuable information on the intensity stability of single photon emission. This is useful in addition to the commonly used g(2)(τ) function for the complete characterisation of a hBN emitter. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Australian Research Council | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Royal Society | en_GB |
dc.format.extent | 10794-10794 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 31 (6), pp. 10794-10804 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.485216 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | EP/R031428/1 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | CE200100010 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/132682 | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0003-0565-4671 (Vollmer, Frank) | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Optica | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7644060 | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2023 Published by Optica Publishing Group under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation, and DOI. | en_GB |
dc.title | Time-dependent Mandel Q parameter analysis for a hexagonal boron nitride single photon source | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2023-03-13T10:00:48Z | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from Optica via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.description | See Code 1 for MATLAB scripts used to calculate the time-dependent Mandel Q parameter https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7644060 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1094-4087 | |
dc.identifier.journal | Optics Express | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2023-02-23 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2023-02-23 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2023-03-13T09:52:41Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2023-03-13T10:00:54Z | |
refterms.panel | B | en_GB |
refterms.dateFirstOnline | 2023-03-09 |
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