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ArticleNature communications2025

Wavevector-resolved polarization entanglement from radiative cascades.

Alessandro Laneve, Michele B Rota, Francesco Basso Basset, Mattia Beccaceci, Valerio Villari, Thomas Oberleitner, Yorick Reum, Tobias M Krieger, Quirin Buchinger, Rohit Prasad and 7 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Alessandro Laneve *Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Roma, Italy. alessandro.laneve@uniroma1.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0416-5131
Michele B Rota *Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Roma, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3933-6997
Francesco Basso Basset *Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Roma, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2148-0010
Mattia BeccaceciDipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Roma, Italy.
Valerio VillariDipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Roma, Italy.
Thomas OberleitnerInstitute of Semiconductor and Solid State Physics, Johannes Kepler University, Altenbergerstraße 69, Linz, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-0500-2761
Yorick ReumTechnische Physik, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, Würzburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-2635-8231
Tobias M KriegerInstitute of Semiconductor and Solid State Physics, Johannes Kepler University, Altenbergerstraße 69, Linz, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1245-9866
Quirin BuchingerTechnische Physik, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, Würzburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2114-2628
Rohit PrasadTechnische Physik, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, Würzburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4009-8167
Saimon F Covre da SilvaInstitute of Semiconductor and Solid State Physics, Johannes Kepler University, Altenbergerstraße 69, Linz, Austria.
Andreas PfenningTechnische Physik, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, Würzburg, Germany.
Sandra StrojForschungszentrum Mikrotechnik, FH Vorarlberg, Hochschulstr. 1, Dornbirn, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6387-4248
Sven HöflingTechnische Physik, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, Würzburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0034-4682
Armando RastelliInstitute of Semiconductor and Solid State Physics, Johannes Kepler University, Altenbergerstraße 69, Linz, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1343-4962
Tobias Huber-LoyolaTechnische Physik, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, Würzburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5788-8501
Rinaldo TrottaDipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Roma, Italy. rinaldo.trotta@uniroma1.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9515-6790

Funding

EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020) 10101773
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The generation of entangled photons from radiative cascades has enabled milestone experiments in quantum information science with several applications in photonic quantum technologies. Significant efforts are being devoted to pushing the performances of near-deterministic entangled-photon sources based on single quantum emitters often embedded in photonic cavities, so to boost the flux of photon pairs. The general postulate is that the emitter generates photons in a nearly maximally entangled state of polarization, ready for application purposes. Here, we demonstrate that this assumption is unjustified. We show that in radiative cascades there exists an interplay between photon polarization and emission wavevector, which can be further amplified by embedding the emitters in micro-cavities. We discuss how the polarization entanglement of photon pairs from a biexciton-exciton cascade in quantum dots strongly depends on their propagation wavevector and we even observe entanglement vanishing for large emission angles. Our experimental results, backed by theoretical modeling, yield a brand-new understanding of cascaded emission for various quantum emitters. In addition, our model provides quantitative guidelines for designing optical microcavities that retain both a high degree of entanglement and collection efficiency, moving the community one step further towards an ideal source of entangled photons for quantum technologies.

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PMCPMC12228742

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