New quantum device generates single photons and encodes information

Science Daily  August 24, 2023 Quantum light emitters capable of generating single photons with circular polarization and non-classical statistics could enable non-reciprocal single-photon devices and deterministic spin–photon interfaces for quantum networks. The emission of chiral quantum light relies on the application of intense external magnetic fields, electrical/optical injection of spin-polarized carriers/excitons or coupling with complex photonic metastructures. An international team of researchers (USA – Los Alamos National Laboratory, Switzerland) stacked a single-molecule-thick layer of tungsten diselenide semiconductor onto a thicker layer of nickel phosphorus trisulfide magnetic semiconductor and created a series of nanometer-scale indentations on the thin stack of materials. […]