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Quantum-dot single-photon sources for the quantum internet

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High-performance quantum light sources based on semiconductor quantum dots coupled to microcavities are showing their promise in long-distance solid-state quantum networks.

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Fig. 1: An envisioned quantum internet with semiconductor quantum dots (QDs).

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    Chao-Yang Lu & Jian-Wei Pan

  2. CAS Centre for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Shanghai, China

    Chao-Yang Lu & Jian-Wei Pan

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Lu, CY., Pan, JW. Quantum-dot single-photon sources for the quantum internet. Nat. Nanotechnol. 16, 1294–1296 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-021-01033-9

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