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2023

Atomic Clocks Technologies Supporting Twin-Field QKD in a Real World

S. Donadello, C. Clivati, A. Meda, S. Virzì, M. Genovese, F. Levi, A. Mura, M. Pittaluga, Z. Yuan, A. J. Shields, M. Lucamarini, I. P. Degiovanni, and D. Calonico,
Quantum 2.0 Conference and Exhibition, Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 2022), paper QTu4C.3. (13-16 June 2022)
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Self-Tuning Transmitter for Quantum Key Distribution Using Machine Intelligence

Y.S. Lo, R.I. Woodward, T. Roger, V. Lovic, T.K. Paraïso, I. De Marco, Z.L. Yuan, and A.J. Shields,
Phys. Rev. Appl. 18, 034087 (2022).
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Engineering quantum secure communication system with photonic integrated circuits

T. K. Paraïso, T. Roger, D.G. Marangon, I. D. Marco, M. Sanzaro, R.I. Woodward, J. F. Dynes, Z. Yuan, A. J. Shields, SPIE 12335,
Quantum Technology: Driving Commercialisation of an Enabling Science III, 123350D (11 January 2023).
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Design study for an efficient semiconductor quantum light source operating in the telecom C-band based on electrically-driven circular Bragg grating

A. Barbiero, J. Huwer, J. Skiba-Szymanska, T. Müller, R. M. Stevenson and A. J. Shields,
Optica Express Vol. 30, Issue 7, pp. 10919-10928 (28 March 2022).
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Exciton Fine Structure in InAs Quantum Dots with Cavity-Enhanced Emission at Telecommunication Wavelength and Grown on a GaAs(111)A Vicinal Substrate.

A. Barbiero, A. Tuktamyshev, G. Pirard, J. Huwer, T. Müller, R. M. Stevenson, S. Bietti, S. Vichi, A. Fedorov, G. Bester, S. Sanguinetti and A. J. Shields, Phys. Rev.
Applied 18, 034081 (29 September 2022).
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2022

Towards a self-tuning quantum key distribution transmitter using a genetic algorithm

Y. S. Lo, R. I. Woodward, T. Roger, V. Lovic, , T. K. Paraȉso, I. De Marco, Z. L. Yuan, A. J. Shields,
Proc. SPIE 12133, Quantum Technologies 2022, 121330D (31 May 2022);
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Self-tuning quantum key distribution transmitter based on a genetic algorithm

Y. S. Lo, R. I. Woodward, T. Roger, V. Lovic, Z. L. Yuan, and A. J. Shields
Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2022, Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 2022), paper M3I.2.
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Quantifying Randomness in a Gain-Switched Laser Diode

V. Lovic, D.G. Marangon, M. Lucamarini, Z. Yuan, and A.J. Shields Conference on Lasers and electro-Optics (CLEO) 2022 (15-20 May 2022). Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 2022)

High-Performance Single-Photon Sources at Telecom Wavelength Based on Broadband Hybrid Circular Bragg Gratings

A. Barbiero, J. Huwer, J. Skiba-Szymanska, D.J.P. Ellis, R.M. Stevenson, T. Müller, G. Shooter, L.E. Goff, D.A. Ritchie, and A. J. Shields
ACS Photonics 2022. (11 August 2022).
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Coherent light scattering from a telecom C-band quantum dot

L. Wells, T. Müller, R. M. Stevenson, J. Skiba-Szymanska, D. A. Ritchie, A. J. Shields
ArXiv. (16 June 2022);
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Study of Size, Shape, and Etch pit formation in InAs/InP Droplet Epitaxy Quantum Dots

R. S. R. Gajjela, N. R. S. van Venrooij, A.R. da Cruz, J. Skiba-Szymanska, R. M. Stevenson, A. J. Shields, C. E. Pryor and P. M. Koenraad
Nanotechnology 33, 305705 (2022)
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Fine structure splitting analysis of cavity-enhanced telecom-wavelength InAs quantum dots grown on a GaAs(111)A vicinal substrate

A. Barbiero, A. Tuktamyshev, G. Pirard, J. Huwer, T. Müller, R. M. Stevenson, S. Bietti, S. Vichi, A. Federov, G. Bester, S. Sanguinetti and A. J. Shields
arXiv:2202.11436 [quant-ph] (8 pages), 23 February 2022
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Paving the Way towards 800 Gbps Quantum-Secured Optical Channel Deployment in Mission-Critical Environments

F. Toudeh-Fallah, M. Pistoia, Y. Kawakura, N. Moazzami, D. H. Kramer, R. I. Woodward, G. Sysak, B. John, O. Amer, A. O. Polychroniadou, J. Lyon, S. Shetty, T. D. Movva, S. Upadhyay, M. R. Behera, J. A. Dolphin, P. A. Haigh, J. F. Dynes and A. J. Shields
arXiv:2202.07764 [quant-ph cs.CR cs.NI physics.optics] (11 pages), 16 February 2022
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Coherent phase transfer for real-world twin-field quantum key distribution

C. Clivati, A. Meda1, S. Donadello, S. Virzì, M. Genovese, F. Levi, A. Mura, M. Pittaluga, Z. L. Yuan, A. J. Shields, M. Lucamarini, I. P. Degiovanni and D. Calonico
Nature Communications, 13:157 (9 pages), 10 January 2022
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2021

Design study for an efficient semiconductor quantum light source operating in the telecom C-band based on an electrically-driven circular Bragg grating

A. Barbiero, J. Huwer, J. Skiba-Szymanska, T. Müller, R. M. Stevenson and A. J. Shields
Optics Express 30, 10919-10928 (2022)
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Fiber Quantum Communications Across 600 km

M Li. Pittaluga, M. Minder, M. Lucamarini, M. Sanzaro, R. I. Woodward, Z. L. Yuan, A. J. Shields and M.-J
A. J. Shields and M.-J. Li
Opt. Photon. News, 32 (1 page), 1 December 2021
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Characterizing Phase Noise in a Gain-Switched Laser Diode for Quantum Random-Number Generation

V. Lovic, D. G. Marangon, M. Lucamarini, Z. Yuan and A. J. Shields
Opt. Photon. News, 32 (1 page), 1 December 2021
Phys. Rev. Appl., 16, 054012 (12 pages), 4 November 2021
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Quantum cryptography with a full-fledged photonic integrated chip system

D. G. Marangon, T. K. Paraïso, T. Roger, I. De Marco, M. Sanzaro, R. Woodward, J. Dynes, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
Quantum Information and Measurement (QIM) 2021, Washington, DC United States
Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 2021), paper Th4B.4,

4 November 2021
ISBN 978-1-957171-01-2
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Experimental repeater-like quantum communications over 600 km of optical fibre with wavelength-multiplexed phase stabilisation

M. Pittaluga, M. Minder, M. Lucamarini, M. Sanzaro, R. I. Woodward, M.-J. Li, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
A. J. Shields and M.-J. Li
Opt. Photon. News, 32 (1 page), 1 December 2021
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A photonic integrated quantum secure communication system

T. K. Paraïso, T. Roger, D. G. Marangon, I. De Marco, M. Sanzaro, R. I. Woodward, J. F. Dynes, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
Nature Photonics 15, pp. 850–856, 21 October 2021
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Advanced Laser Technology for Quantum Communications (Tutorial Review)

T. K. Paraïso, R. I. Woodward, D. G. Marangon, V. Lovic, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
Adv. Quant. Technol., 4, 2100062 (24 pages), 22 August 2021
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Simplifying Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution with Directly Modulated Laser Sources

R. I. Woodward, Y. S. Lo, M. Pittaluga, M. Minder, T. K. Paraiso, M. Lucamarini, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
Optical Fiber Communications Conference (OFC) 2021, San Francisco, CA, USA
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2021), paper F2E.2, pp. 1–3,
26 June 2021
ISBN 978-1-943580-86-6
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Quantum Key Secured Communications Field Trial for Industry 4.0

R. I. Woodward, J. F. Dynes, P. Wright, C. White, R. C. Parker, A. Wonfor, Z. L. Yuan, A. Lord and A. J. Shields
Optical Fiber Communications Conference (OFC) 2021, San Francisco, CA, USA
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2021), paper Th4H.4, 24 June 2021
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Real-time operation of a multi-rate, multi-protocol quantum key distribution transmitter

I. De Marco, R. I. Woodward, G. L. Roberts, T. K. Paraïso, T. Roger, M. Sanzaro, M. Lucamarini, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
Optica, 8, pp. 911–915, 16 June 2021
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600-km repeater-like quantum communications with dual-band stabilization

M. Pittaluga, M. Minder, M. Lucamarini, M. Sanzaro, R. I. Woodward, M.-J. Li, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
Nature Photonics, 15, pp. 530–535 (July 2021), 7 June 2021
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Complete System Integration of Chip-Based Quantum Key Distribution Devices

T. K. Paraïso, T. Roger, D. G. Marangon, I. De Marco M. Sanzaro, R. I. Woodward, J. F. DyneT, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
CLEO: Applications and Technology 2021, San Jose, California, United States
OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2021), paper ATu1S.4, ATu1S.4
(2 pages), 11 May 2021
ISBN 978-1-943580-91-0
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Out-of-Band Electromagnetic Injection Attack on a Quantum Random Number Generator

P. R. Smith, D. G. Marangon, M. Lucamarini, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
Phys. Rev. Appl., 15, 044044 (12 pages), 27 April 2021
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Gigahertz measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution using directly modulated lasers

R. I. Woodward, Y. S. Lo, M. Pittaluga, M. Minder, T. K. Paraïso, M. Lucamarini, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
npj Quantum Information, 7, p. 58 (6 pages), 8 April 2021
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Coherence in single photon emission from droplet epitaxy and Stranski- Krastanov quantum dots in the telecom C-band

M. Anderson, T. Muller, J. Skiba-Szymanska, A. B. Krysa, J. Huwer,R. M. Stevenson, J. Heffernan, D. A. Ritchie, and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett. 118, 014003 (6 pages) 08 January 2021
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A tuneable telecom wavelength entangled light emitting diode deployed in an installed fibre network

Z.-H. Xian, J. Huwer, J. Skiba-Szymanska, R. M. Stevenson,
D. J. P. Ellis, I. Farrer, M. B. Ward, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Commun. Phys., 3, p. 121 (8 pages), 3 July 2020
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Gigahertz-Clocked Teleportation of Time-Bin Qubits with a Quantum Dot in the Telecommunication C Band

M. Anderson, T. Müller, J. Skiba-Szymanska, A. B. Krysa, J. Huwer,
R. M. Stevenson, J. Heffernan, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Phys. Rev. Appl., 13, 054052 (9 pages), 21 May 2020
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Exploiting Random Chemistry for Digital Security

D. G. Marangon
Matter, 2, pp. 1087–1088 (2 pages), 6 May 2020
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1GHz clocked distribution of electrically generated entangled photon pairs

G. Shooter, Z. Xiang, J. R. A. Müller, J. Skiba-Szymanska, J. Huwer,
J. Griffiths, T. Mitchell, M. Anderson, T. Müller, A. B. Krysa,
R. M. Stevenson, J. Heffernan, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Optics Express, 28, 36838 (11 pages), 19 November 2020
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Backflashes from fast-gated avalanche photodiodes in quantum key distribution

A. Koehler-Sidki, J. F. Dynes, T. K. Paraïso, M. Lucamarini,
A. W. Sharpe, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., 116, 154001 (5 pages), 13 April 2020
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Quantum teleportation using highly coherent emission from telecom C-band quantum dots

M. Anderson, Müller, J. Huwer, J. Skiba-Szymanska. Krysa,
R. M. Stevenson, J. Heffernan, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
npj Quantum Information, 6, p. 14 (7 pages), 31 January 2020
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‘Active reset of a radiative cascade for entangled-photon generation beyond the continuous-driving limit’

J. R. A. Müller S, R. M. Stevenson, J. Skiba-Szymanska, G. Shooter,
J. Huwer, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Phys. Rev. Research, 2, 043292 (2020)
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2020

Quantum teleportation using highly coherent emission from telecom C-band quantum dots

M. Anderson, T. Müller, J. Huwer, J. Skiba-Szymanska, A. B. Krysa, R. M. Stevenson, J. Heffernan, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
npj Quantum Information, vol 6, 14 (7 pages), 31 January 2020
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2019

Cambridge quantum network

J. F. Dynes, A. Wonfor, W. W.-S. Tam, A. W. Sharpe, R. Takahashi, M. Lucamarini, A. Plews, Z. L. Yuan, A. R. Dixon, J. Cho, Y. Tanizawa, J.-P. Elbers, H. Greißer, I. H. White, R. V. Penty and A. J. Shields
npj Quantum Information, vol 5, 101 (8 pages), 21 November 2019
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Intrinsic Mitigation of the After-Gate Attack in Quantum Key Distribution through Fast-Gated Delayed Detection

A. Koehler-Sidki, J. F. Dynes, A. Martinez, M. Lucamarini, G. L. Roberts, A. W. Sharpe, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
Phys. Rev. Applied, vol 12, no 2, 024050 (8 pages), 23 August 2019
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Simple source device-independent continuous-variable quantum random number generator

P. R. Smith, D. G. Marangon, M. Lucamarini, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
Phys. Rev. A, vol 99, no 6, 062326 (8 pages), 20 June 2019
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Photon Phase Shift at the Few-Photon Level and Optical Switching by a Quantum Dot in a Microcavity

L. M. Wells, S. Kalliakos, B. Villa, D. J. P. Ellis, R. M. Stevenson, A. J. Bennett, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Phys. Rev. Applied, vol 11, no 6, 061001, 6 June 2019
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A modulator-free quantum key distribution transmitter chip

T. K. Paraïso, I. De Marco, T. Roger, D. G. Marangon, J. F. Dynes, M. Lucamarini, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
npj Quantum Information, vol 5, 42 (6 pages), 23 May 2019
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Interferometric quantum random number generation on chip

T. Roger, I. De Marco, T. Paraiso, D. Marangon, Z. L. Yuan and A. Shields
OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2019), FM2M.1 (2 pages), 6 May 2019 CLEO: QELS Fundamental Science 2018
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Entangled photon transmission from a quantum dot over loop-back fiber in Cambridge network

Z.-H. Xiang, J. Huwer, R. M. Stevenson, J. S. Szymanska, M. B. Ward, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2019), FM4C.6 (2 pages), 6 May 2019 CLEO: QELS Fundamental Science 2019
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Quantum teleportation using coherent emission from telecom C-band quantum dots

T. Müller, M. Anderson, J. Huwer, J. Skiba-Szymanska, A. B. Krysa, R. M. Stevenson, J. Heffernan, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Proceedings Quantum Information and Measurement (QIM) V: Quantum Technologies, S2A.4 (2 pages), 6 April 2019 Quantum Information and Measurement (QIM)
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A quantum dot as a source of time-bin entangled multi-photon states

J. P. Lee, B. Villa, A. J. Bennett, R. M. Stevenson, D. J. P. Ellis, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Quantum Sci. Technol., vol 4, no 2, 025011 (10 pages), 19 March 2019
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Long-term transmission of entangled photons from a single quantum dot over deployed fiber

Z.-H. Xiang, J. Huwer, R. M. Stevenson, J. Skiba-Szymanska, M. B. Ward, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Sci. Rep., vol 9, 4111 (6 pages), 11 March 2019
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Experimental quantum key distribution beyond the repeaterless secret key capacity

M. Minder, M. Pittaluga, G. L. Roberts, M. Lucamarini, J. F. Dynes, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
Nature Photonics, vol 13, no 5, pp. 334-338, 4 March 2019
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On-chip modulator-free optical transmitter for quantum and classical communications

T. Paraiso, T. Roger, I. De Marco, D. G. Marangon, M. Sanzaro, J. Dynes, M. Lucamarini, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
Proc. SPIE 10921, Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies XXIII, 109210U (4 March 2019); doi: 10.1117/12.2516242, 109210U (9 pages), 4 March 2019 SPIE Photonics West OPTO 2019
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Real-time interferometric quantum random number generation on chip

T. Roger, T. Paraiso, I. De Marco, D. G. Marangon, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, vol 36, no 3, pp. B137-142, 1 March 2019
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Zero-Magnetic Field Fractional Quantum States

S. Kumar, M. Pepper, S. N. Holmes, H. Montagu, Y. Gul, D. A. Ritchie and I. Farrer
Phys. Rev. Lett., vol 122, no 8, 086803 (5 pages), 28 February 2019
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Conductance quantisation in patterned gate In0.75Ga0.25As structures up to 6 × (2e2/h)

Y. Gul, G. L. Creeth, D. English, S. N. Holmes, K. J. Thomas, I. Farrer, D. J. Ellis, D. A. Ritchie and M. Pepper
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, vol 31, no 10, 104002 (5 pages), 21 January 2019
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2018

Patterning-effect mitigating intensity modulator for secure decoy-state quantum key distribution

G. L. Roberts, M. Pittaluga, M. Minder, M. Lucamarini, J. F. Dynes, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
Opt. Lett., vol 43, no 20, pp. 5110-5113 (15 October 2018), 12 October 2018
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A direct GHz-clocked phase and intensity modulated transmitter applied to quantum key distribution

G. L. Roberts, M. Lucamarini, J. F. Dynes, S. J. Savory, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
Quantum Sci. Technol., vol 3, no 4, 045010 (7 pages), 29 August 2018
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Intensity modulation as a preemptive measure against blinding of single-photon detectors based on self-differencing cancellation

A. Koehler-Sidki, M. Lucamarini, J. F. Dynes, G. L. Roberts, A. W. Sharpe, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
Phys. Rev. A, vol 98, no 2, 022327 (6 pages), 22 August 2018
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Testing the photon-number statistics of a quantum key distribution light source

J. F. Dynes, M. Lucamarini, K. A. Patel, A. W. Sharpe, M. B. Ward, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
Opt. Express, vol 26, no 18, pp. 22733-22749 (3 September 2018), 21 August 2018
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Quantum key distribution using in-line highly birefringent interferometers

A. Martinez, B. Fröhlich, J. F. Dynes, A. W. Sharpe, W. Tam, A. Plews, M. Lucamarini, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 113, no 3, 031107 (5 pages), 19 July 2018
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Implementation Security of Quantum Cryptography: Introduction, challenges, solutions

M. Lucamarini, A. Shields, R. Alléaume, C. Chunnilall, I. P. Degiovanni, M. Gramegna, A. Hasekioglu, B. Huttner, R. Kumar, A. Lord, N. Lütkenhaus, V. Makarov, V. Martin, A. Mink, M. Peev, M. Sasaki, A. Sinclair, T. Spiller, M. Ward, C. White and Z. L. Yuan
ETSI White Paper No. 27 (28 pages), July 2018 ISBN: 979-10-92620-21-4
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10-Mb/s Quantum Key Distribution

Z. L. Yuan, A. Plews, R. Takahashi, K. Doi, W. Tam, A. W. Sharpe, A. R. Dixon, E. Lavelle, J. F. Dynes, A. Murakami, M. Kujiraoka, M. Lucamarini, Y. Tanizawa, H. Sato and A. J. Shields
J. Lightwave Technol., vol 36, no 16, pp. 3427-3433 (15 August 2018), 1 June 2018
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Long-Term Test of a Fast and Compact Quantum Random Number Generator

D. G. Marangon, A. Plews, M. Lucamarini, J. F. Dynes, A. W. Sharpe, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
J. Lightwave Technol., vol 36, no 17, pp. 3778-3784, 30 May 2018
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Independent indistinguishable quantum light sources on a reconfigurable photonic integrated circuit

D. J. P. Ellis, A. J. Bennett, C. Dangel, J. P. Lee, J. P. Griffiths, T. A. Mitchell, T.-K. Paraiso, P. Spencer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 112, no 21, 211104 (5 pages), 22 May 2018
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Birefringent Interferometry for Quantum Key Distribution

A. Martinez, B. Fröhlich, J. F. Dynes, A. W. Sharpe, W. Tam, A. Plews, M. Lucamarini, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2018) , FTu3G.6 13 May 2018 ISBN: 978-1-943580-42-2 CLEO: QELS Fundamental Science 2018
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Overcoming the rate-distance limit of quantum key distribution without quantum repeaters

M. Lucamarini, Z. L. Yuan, J. F. Dynes and A. J. Shields
Nature, vol 557, no 7705, pp. 400-403 (17 May 2018), 2 May 2018
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Best-Practice Criteria for Practical Security of Self-Differencing Avalanche Photodiode Detectors in Quantum Key Distribution

A. Koehler-Sidki, J. F. Dynes, M. Lucamarini, G. L. Roberts, A. W. Sharpe, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
Phys. Rev. Applied, vol 9, no 4, 044027, 18 April 2018
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A quantum light-emitting diode for the standard telecom window around 1,550 nm

T. Müller, J. Skiba-Szymanska, A. B. Krysa, J. Huwer, M. Felle, M. Anderson, R. M. Stevenson, J. Heffernan, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Nature Commun., vol 9, 862 (6 pages), 28 February 2018
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High mobility In0.75Ga0.25As quantum wells in an InAs phonon lattice

C. Chen, S. N. Holmes, I. Farrer, H. E. Beere and D. A. Ritchie
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, vol 30, no 10, 105705 (6 pages), 16 February 2018
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Self-organised fractional quantisation in a hole quantum wire

Y. Gul, S. N. Holmes, M. Myronov, S. Kumar and M. Pepper
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, vol 30, no 9, 09LT01 (6 pages), 14 February 2018
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Multi-dimensional photonic states from a quantum dot

J. P. Lee, A. J. Bennett, R. M. Stevenson, D. J. P. Ellis, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Quantum Sci. Technol., vol 3, no 2, 024008 (8 pages), 7 February 2018
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2017

Manipulating photon coherence to enhance the security of distributed phase reference quantum key distribution

G. L. Roberts, M. Lucamarini, J. F. Dynes, S. J. Savory, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 111, no 26, 261106 (5 pages), 27 December 2017
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Quantum ballistic transport in strained epitaxial germanium

Y. Gul, S. N. Holmes, P. J. Newton, D. J. P. Ellis, C. Morrison, M. Pepper, C. H. W. Barnes and M. Myronov
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 111, no 23, 233512 (4 pages), 7 December 2017
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Experimental measurement-device-independent quantum digital signatures

G. L. Roberts, M. Lucamarini, Z. L. Yuan, J. F. Dynes, L. C. Comandar, A. W. Sharpe, A. J. Shields, M. Curty, I. V. Puthoor and E. Andersson
Nature Commun., vol 8, 1098 (7 pages), 23 October 2017
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Setting best practice criteria for self-differencing avalanche photodiodes in quantum key distribution

A. Koehler-Sidki, J. F. Dynes, M. Lucamarini, G. L. Roberts, A. W. Sharpe, S. J. Savory, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
Proceedings of SPIE, vol 10442, 104420L (8 pages), 5 October 2017 Quantum Information Science and Technology III (SPIE Security + Defence 2017)
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Novel technologies for quantum key distribution networks

Z. L. Yuan, G. L. Roberts, J. F. Dynes, B. Fröhlich, M. Lucamarini, A. W. Sharpe, W. W.-S. Tam, A. Plews and A. J. Shields
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series (SUM), 2017 IEEE 21 August 2017, 2017 IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series (SUM)
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Quantum-Dot-Based Telecommunication-Wavelength Quantum Relay

J. Huwer, R. M. Stevenson, J. Skiba-Szymanska, M. B. Ward, A. J. Shields, M. Felle, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and R. V. Penty
Phys. Rev. Applied, vol 8, no 2, 024007, 16 August 2017
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Universal Growth Scheme for Quantum Dots with Low Fine-Structure Splitting at Various Emission Wavelengths

J. Skiba-Szymanska, R. M. Stevenson, C. Varnava, M. Felle, J. Huwer, T. Müller, A. J. Bennett, J. P. Lee, I. Farrer, A. B. Krysa, P. Spencer, L. E. Goff, D. A. Ritchie, J. Heffernan and A. J. Shields
Phys. Rev. Applied, vol 8, no 1, 014013, 14 July 2017
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Surface acoustic wave modulation of a coherently driven quantum dot in a pillar microcavity

B. Villa, A. J. Bennett, D. J. P. Ellis, J. P. Lee, J. Skiba-Szymanska, T. A. Mitchell, J. P. Griffiths, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie, C. J. B. Ford and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 111, no 1, 011103 (4 pages), 7 July 2017
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Growth scheme for quantum dots with low fine structure splitting at telecom wavelengths

T. Müller, J. Skiba-Szymanska, R. M. Stevenson, C. Varnava, M. Felle, J. Huwer, A. J. Bennett, J. P. Lee, I. Farrer, A. Krysa, P. Spencer, L. E. Goff, D. A. Ritchie, J. Heffernan and A. J. Shields
European Quantum Electronics Conference (EQEC 2017), 25 June 2017 ISSN: 978-1-5090-6736-7
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Modulator-Free Coherent-One-Way Quantum Key Distribution

G. L. Roberts, M. Lucamarini, J. F. Dynes, S. J. Savory, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
Laser Photonics Rev., vol 11, no 4, 1700067 (7 July 2017) (4 pages), 23 June 2017
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Quantifying backflash radiation to prevent zero-error attacks in quantum key distribution

A. Meda, I. P. Degiovanni, A. Tosi, Z. L. Yuan, G. Brida and M. Genovese
Light: Science & Applications, vol 6, e16261 (5 pages), 16 June 2017
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Quantum Key Distribution in the GÉANT network

J. Dynes, A. Shields and G. Roberts
Online abstract (2 pages), 31 May 2017 TNC17 - The Art of Creative Networking
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Quantum key distribution with hacking countermeasures and long term field trial

A. R. Dixon, J. F. Dynes, M. Lucamarini, B. Fröhlich, A. W. Sharpe, A. Plews, W. Tam, Z. L. Yuan, Y. Tanizawa, H. Sato, S. Kawamura, M. Fujiwara, M. Sasaki and A. J. Shields
Sci. Rep., vol 7, pg 1978, 16 May 2017
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Telecom-Wavelength Quantum Relay Using a Semiconductor Quantum Dot

J. Huwer, M. Felle, R. M. Stevenson, J. Skiba-Szymanska, M. B. Ward, I. Farrer, R. V. Penty, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2017), FF2E.7 (2 pages), 14 May 2017 ISBN: 978-1-943580-27-9 CLEO: QELS Fundamental Science 2017
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Directly Intensity-Modulated Quantum Key Distribution

G. L. Roberts, M. Lucamarini, J. F. Dynes, S. J. Savory, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2017), FTu4F.7 (2 pages), 14 May 2017 ISBN: 978-1-943580-27-9 CLEO: QELS Fundamental Science 2017
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Cavity-enhanced coherent quantum emitters

J. P. Lee, A. Bennett, R. M. Stevenson, D. Ellis, I. Farrer, D. Ritchie and A. Shields
OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2017), QT2B.5 6 April 2017 ISBN: 978-1-943580-26-2 Quantum Information and Measurement 2017
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Effective Emotion Recognition in Movie Audio Tracks

M. Kotti and Y. Stylianou
Proc. ICASSP 2017, New Orleans, USA, March 2017
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Electrically driven and electrically tunable quantum light sources

J. P. Lee, E. Murray, A. J. Bennett, D. J. P. Ellis, C. Dangel, I. Farrer, P. Spencer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 110, no 7, 071102, 13 February 2017
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Weak localization and weak antilocalization in doped germanium epilayers

P. J. Newton, R. Mansell, S. N. Holmes, M. Myronov and C. H. W. Barnes
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 110, no 6, 062101 (5 pages), 7 February 2017
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Industrial Standards for Quantum Cryptography

A. J. Shields
The Standard, pp. 10-11, February 2017
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Structural and magnetic properties of ultra-thin Fe films on metal-organic chemical vapour deposited GaN(0001)

J.-Y. Kim, A. Ionescu, R. Mansell, I. Farrer, F. Oehler, C. J. Kinane, J. F. K. Cooper, N.-J. Steinke, S. Langridge, R. Stankiewicz, C. J. Humphreys, R. P. Cowburn, S. N. Holmes and C. H. W. Barnes
J. Appl. Phys., vol 121, no 4, 043904 (7 pages), 24 January 2017
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Long-distance quantum key distribution secure against coherent attacks

B. Fröhlich, M. Lucamarini, J. F. Dynes, L. C. Comandar, W. W.-S. Tam, A. Plews, A. W. Sharpe, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
Optica, vol 4, no 1, 19 January 2017
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2016

Practical challenges in quantum key distribution

E. Diamanti, H.-K. Lo, B. Qi and Z. L. Yuan
npj Quantum Information, vol 2, pg 16025, 8 November 2016
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Resonance fluorescence from a telecom-wavelength quantum dot

R. Al-Khuzheyri, A. C. Dada, J. Huwer, T. S. Santana, J. Skiba-Szymanska, M. Felle, M. B. Ward, R. M. Stevenson, I. Farrer, M. G. Tanner, R. H. Hadfield, D. A. Ritchie, A. J. Shields and B. D. Gerardot
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 109, no 16, 163104 (4 pages), 20 October 2016
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Enhanced indistinguishability of in-plane single photons by resonance fluorescence on an integrated quantum dot

S. Kalliakos, Y. Brody, A. J. Bennett, D. J. P. Ellis, J. Skiba-Szymanska, I. Farrer, J. P. Griffiths, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 109, no 15, 151112 (5 pages), 13 October 2016
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Ultra-high bandwidth quantum secured data transmission

J. F. Dynes, W. W.-S. Tam, A. Plews, B. Fröhlich, A. W. Sharpe, M. Lucamarini, Z. L. Yuan, C. Radig, A. Straw, T. Edwards and A. J. Shields
Sci. Rep., vol 6, 35149 (6 pages), 13 October 2016
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Radiative recombination mechanisms in polar and non-polar InGaN/GaN quantum well LED structures

T. J. Badcock, M. Ali, T. Zhu, M. Pristovsek, R. A. Oliver and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 109, no 15, 151110 (5 pages), 12 October 2016
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Directly Phase-Modulated Light Source

Z. L. Yuan, B. Fröhlich, M. Lucamarini, G. L. Roberts, J. F. Dynes and A. J. Shields
Phys. Rev. X, vol 6, no 3, 031044 (8 pages), 20 September 2016
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A modulator-free QKD transmitter

Z. L. Yuan, B. Fröhlich, M. Lucamarini, G. L. Roberts, J. F. Dynes and A. J. Shields
6th International Conference on Quantum Cryptography (QCrpyt 2016) (2 pages), 12 September 2016
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Structural, electronic, and magnetic investigation of magnetic ordering in MBE-grown CrxSb2−xTe3 thin films

L. J. Collins-McIntyre, L. B. Duffy, A. Singh, N.-J. Steinke, C. J. Kinane, T. R. Charlton, A. Pushp, A. J. Kellock, S. S. P. Parkin, S. N. Holmes, C. H. W. Barnes, G. van der Laan, S. Langridge and T. Hesjedal
Europhys. Lett., vol 115, no 2, 27006 (7 pages), 22 August 2016
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Near perfect mode overlap between independently seeded, gain-switched lasers

L. C. Comandar, M. Lucamarini, B. Fröhlich, J. F. Dynes, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
Opt. Express, vol 24, no 16, pp. 17849-17859, 27 July 2016
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Spin-Dependent Transport in Fe/GaAs(100)/Fe Vertical Spin-Valves

P. K. Johnny Wong, W. Zhang, J. Wu, I. G. Will, Y. Xu, Ke Xia, S. N. Holmes, I. Farrer, H. E. Beere and D. A. Ritchie
Sci. Rep., vol 6, 29845 (7 pages), 19 July 2016
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A semiconductor photon-sorter

A. J. Bennett, J. P. Lee, D. J. P. Ellis, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Nature Nanotech., vol 11, no 10, pp. 857-860, 18 July 2016
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Decoy-state quantum key distribution with a leaky source

K. Tamaki, M. Curty and M. Lucamarini
New J. Phys., vol 18, no 6, 065008 (24 pages), 20 June 2016
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Ramsey interference in the resonance fluorescence of a charged quantum dot

J. P. Lee, A. Bennett, J. Skiba-Szymanska, D. Ellis, I. Farrer, D. Ritchie and A. Shields
OSA Technical Digest, JTh2A.30 5 June 2016 ISBN: 978-1-943580-11-8 Conference on Laser and Electro-Optics (CLEO 2016)
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Combining resonant excitation and cavity-QED to create N00N states from quantum dots

A. Bennett, J. Lee, D. Ellis, E. Murray, F. Floether, J. Griffiths, T. Meany, I. Farrer, D. Ritchie and A. Shields
The 9th International Conference on Quantum Dots (QD2016), pg 191, 22 May 2016

Cavity-enhanced coherent light scattering from a quantum dot

A. J. Bennett, J. P. Lee, D. J. P. Ellis, T. Meany, E. Murray, F. F. Floether, J. P. Griffths, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Sci. Adv., vol 2, no 4, e1501256 (4 pages), 22 April 2016
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Quantum key distribution over multicore fiber

J. F. Dynes, S. J. Kindness, S. W.-B. Tam, A. Plews, A. W. Sharpe, M. Lucamarini, B. Fröhlich, Z. L. Yuan, R. V. Penty and A. J. Shields
Opt. Express, vol 24, no 8, pp. 8081-8087, 6 April 2016
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Quantum key distribution without detector vulnerabilities using optically seeded lasers

L. C. Comandar, M. Lucamarini, B. Fröhlich, J. F. Dynes, A. W. Sharpe, S. W.-B. Tam, Z. L. Yuan, R. V. Penty and A. J. Shields
Nature Photonics, vol 10, no 5, pp. 312-315, 4 April 2016
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InGaAs spin light emitting diodes measured in the Faraday and oblique Hanle geometries

R. Mansell, J.-B. Laloë, S. N. Holmes, A. Petrou, I. Farrer, G. A. C. Jones, D. A. Ritchie and C. H. W. Barnes
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., vol 49, no 16, 165103 (5 pages), 24 March 2016
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An entangled-LED-driven quantum relay over 1km

C. Varnava, R. M. Stevenson, J. Nilsson, J. Skiba-Szymanska, B. Dzurňák, M. Lucamarini, R. V. Penty, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
npj Quantum Information, vol 2, 16006 (7 pages), 15 March 2016
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Few-second-long correlation times in a quantum dot nuclear spin bath probed by frequency-comb nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

A. M. Waeber, M. Hopkinson, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie, J. Nilsson, R. M. Stevenson, A. J. Bennett, A. J. Shields, G. Burkard, A. I. Tartakovskii, M. S. Skolnick and E. A. Chekhovich
Nature Phys., vol 12, no 7, pp. 688-693, 14 March 2016
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Ramsey interference in a multilevel quantum system

J. P. Lee, A. J. Bennett, J. Skiba-Szymanska, D. J. P. Ellis, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Phys. Rev. B, vol 93, no 8, 085407 (8 pages), 4 February 2016
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2015

Self-assembled Multilayers of Silica Nanospheres for Defect Reduction in Non- and Semipolar Gallium Nitride Epitaxial Layers

T. Zhu, T. Ding, F. Tang, Y. Han, M. Ali, T. Badcock, M. J. Kappers, A. J. Shields, S. K. Smoukov and R. A. Oliver
Cryst. Growth Des., vol 16, no 2, pp. 1010-1016, 29 December 2015
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Quantum key distribution with an entangled light emitting diode

B. Dzurnak, R. M. Stevenson, J. Nilsson, J. F. Dynes, Z. L. Yuan, J. Skiba-Szymanska, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 107, no 26, 261101 (4 pages), 28 December 2015
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Quantum secured gigabit optical access networks

B. Fröhlich, J. F. Dynes, M. Lucamarini, A. W. Sharpe, S. W.-B. Tam, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
Sci. Rep., vol 5, 18121 (7 pages), 14 December 2015
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Quantum cryptography: Round-robin with photons

B. Fröhlich and Z. L. Yuan
Nature Photonics, vol 9, no 12, pp. 781-782, 27 November 2015
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Quantum photonics hybrid integration platform

E. Murray, D. J. P. Ellis, T. Meany, F. F. Floether, J. P. Lee, J. P. Griffiths, G. A. C. Jones, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie, A. J. Bennett and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 107, no 17, 171108 (4 pages), 29 October 2015
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Density dependent composition of InAs quantum dots extracted from grazing incidence x-ray diffraction measurements

M. Sharma, M. K. Sanyal, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie, A. B. Dey, A. Bhattacharyya, O. H. Seeck, J. Skiba-Szymanska, M. Felle, A. J. Bennett and A. J. Shields
Sci. Rep., vol 5, 15732 (11 pages), 28 October 2015
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Quantum Teleportation with Light-emitting-diodes

R. M. Stevenson, C. Varnava, J. Nilsson, J. Skiba-Szymanska, B. Dzurnak, M. Lucamarini, R. V. Penty, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
OSA Technical Digest, FTu2A.2 18 October 2015 Frontiers in Optics 2015
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Quantum-dot Sources: Quantum dots for future optical quantum technologies

T. Meany
Laser Focus World, vol 51, no 10, 13 October 2015
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Interference with a quantum dot single-photon source and a laser at telecom wavelength

M. Felle, J. Huwer, R. M. Stevenson, J. Skiba-Szymanska, M. B. Ward, I. Farrer, R. V. Penty, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 107, no 13, 131106 (4 pages), 29 September 2015
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Practical Security Bounds Against the Trojan-Horse Attack in Quantum Key Distribution

M. Lucamarini, I. Choi, M. B. Ward, J. F. Dynes, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
Phys. Rev. X, vol 5, no 3, 031030, 9 September 2015
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Efficient and robust quantum random number generation by photon number detection

M. J. Applegate, O. Thomas, J. F. Dynes, Z. L. Yuan, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 107, no 7, 071106 (5 pages), 18 August 2015
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Polarization-correlated photons from a positively charged quantum dot

Y. Cao, A. J. Bennett, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Phys. Rev. B, vol 92, no 8, 081302R (4 pages), 7 August 2015
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Hong-Ou-Mandel Interference with a Quantum Dot Single Photon Source and a Laser at Telecom Wavelength

J. Huwer, M. Felle, R. M. Stevenson, J. Skiba-Szymanska, M. B. Ward, I. Farrer, R. V. Penty, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Single Photon Workshop 2015 14 July 2015

Magnetotransport in p-type Ge quantum well narrow wire arrays

P. J. Newton, J. Llandro, R. Mansell, S. N. Holmes, C. Morrison, J. Foronda, M. Myronov, D. R. Leadley and C. H. W. Barnes
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 106, no 17, 172102 (4 pages), 28 April 2015
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The Scanning TMR Microscope for Biosensor Applications

K. N. Vyas, D. M. Love, A. Ionescu, J. Llandro, P. Kollu, T. Mitrelias, S. Holmes and C. H. W. Barnes
Biosensors, vol 5, no 2, pp. 172-186, 2 April 2015
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Quantum Secured Gigabit Passive Optical Networks

B. Fröhlich, J. F. Dynes, M. Lucamarini, A. W. Sharpe, S. W. Tam, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2015), W4F.1 (3 pages), 22 March 2015 ISBN: 978-1-55752-937-4 Optical Fiber Communication Conference 2015
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High speed prototype quantum key distribution system and long term field trial

A. R. Dixon, J. F. Dynes, M. Lucamarini, B. Fröhlich, A. W. Sharpe, A. Plews, S. Tam, Z. L. Yuan, Y. Tanizawa, H. Sato, S. Kawamura, M. Fujiwara, M. Sasaki and A. J. Shields
Opt. Express, vol 23, no 6, pp. 7583-7592, 16 March 2015
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On-chip generation and in-plane transmission of indistinguishable photons

S. Kalliakos, Y. Brody, A. Schwagmann, A. J. Bennett, M. B. Ward, D. J. P. Ellis, J. Skiba-Szymanska, I. Farrer, J. P. Griffiths, G. A. C. Jones, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Proceedings of SPIE, vol 9357, 935718 (7 pages), 16 March 2015 Edited by Bernd Witzigmann, Marek Osiński, Fritz Henneberger, Yasuhiko Arakawa Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XX III (Photonics West 2015)
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Growth variations and scattering mechanisms in metamorphic In0.75Ga0.25As/In0.75 Al0.25As quantum wells grown by molecular beam epitaxy

C. Chen, I. Farrer, S. N. Holmes, F. Sfigakis, M. P. Fletcher, H. E. Beere and D. A. Ritchie
J. Cryst. Growth, vol 425, pp. 70-75 (1 September 2015), 7 March 2015 The 18th International Conference on Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE 2
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Security Bounds for Efficient Decoy-State Quantum Key Distribution

M. Lucamarini, J. F. Dynes, B. Fröhlich, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
IEEE J. Selected Topics Quant. Electron., vol 21, no 3, 6601408 (May 2015) (8 pages), 26 January 2015
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2014

Interference of Short Optical Pulses from Independent Gain-Switched Laser Diodes for Quantum Secure Communications

Z. L. Yuan, M. Lucamarini, J. F. Dynes, B. Fröhlich, M. B. Ward and A. J. Shields
Phys. Rev. Applied, vol 2, no 6, 064006 (6 pages), 17 December 2014
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Worldwide Standardization Activity for Quantum Key Distribution

R. Alléaume, T. E. Chapuran, C. J. Chunnilall, I. P. Degiovanni, N. Lutkenhaus, V. Martin, A. Mink, M. Peev, M. Lucamarini, M. Ward and A. Shields 2014 IEEE Globecom Workshops, pp. 741-746, December 2014 ISBN: 978-1-4799-7701-7
Telecommunications Standards - From Research to Standards (Globecom 2014 Workshop)

Emergent vortices at a ferromagnetic superconducting oxide interface

A. P. Petrović, A. Paré, T. R. Paudel, K. Lee, S. Holmes, C. H. W. Barnes, A. David, T. Wu, E. Y. Tsymbal and C. Panagopoulos
New J. Phys., vol 16, no 10, 103012 (19 pages), 9 October 2014
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Using quantum key distribution for cryptographic purposes: A survey

R. Alléaume, C. Branciard, J. Bouda, T. Debuisschert, M. Dianati, N. Gisin, M. Godfrey, P. Grangier, T. Länger, N. Lütkenhaus, C. Monyk, P. Painchault, M. Peev, A. Poppe, T. Pornin, J. Rarity, R. Renner, G. Ribordy, M. Riguidel, L. Salvail, A. Shields, H. Weinfurter and A. Zeilinger
Theor. Comput. Sci., vol 560, Part 1, pp. 62-81 (4 December 2014), 17 September 2014
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Field trial of a quantum secured 10Gb/s DWDM transmission system over a single installed fiber

I. Choi, Yu R. Zhou, J. F. Dynes, Z. L. Yuan, A. Klar, A. Sharpe, A. Plews, M. Lucamarini, C. Radig, J. Neubert, H. Griesser, M. Eiselt, C. Chunnilall, G. Lepert, A. Sinclair, J.-P. Elbers, A. Lord and A. Shields
Opt. Express, vol 22, no 19, pp. 23121-23128 (22 September 2014), 15 September 2014
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Ultrafast electrical control of a resonantly driven single photon source

Y. Cao, A. J. Bennett, D. J. P. Ellis, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 105, no 051112, 051112 (4 pages), 8 August 2014
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Robust random number generation using steady-state emission of gain-switched laser diodes

Z. L. Yuan, M. Lucamarini, J. F. Dynes, B. Fröhlich, A. Plews and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 104, no 26, 261112 (5 pages), 2 July 2014
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Quantum Teleportation using Entangled LEDs

R. M. Stevenson, J. Nilsson, K. H. A. Chan, A. J. Bennett, J. Skiba-Szymanska, M. Lucamarini, M. B. Ward, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
OSA Technical Digest, STh1G.7 8 June 2014 ISBN: 978-1-55752-999-2 Conference on Laser and Electro-Optics (CLEO 2014)
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Long-range electronic reconstruction to a dxz,yz-dominated Fermi surface below the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface

A. P. Petrović, A. Paré, T. R. Paudel, K. Lee, S. Holmes, C. H. W. Barnes, A. David, T. Wu, E. Y. Tsymbal and C. Panagopoulos
Sci. Rep., vol 4, 5338 (7 pages), 8 June 2014
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In-plane emission of indistinguishable photons generated by an integrated quantum emitter

S. Kalliakos, Y. Brody, A. Schwagmann, A. J. Bennett, M. B. Ward, D. J. P. Ellis, J. Skiba-Szymanska, I. Farrer, J. P. Griffiths, G. A. C. Jones, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 104, no 22, 221109, 5 June 2014
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Energy-Tunable Quantum Dot with Minimal Fine Structure Created by Using Simultaneous Electric and Magnetic Fields

M. A. Pooley, A. J. Bennett, R. M. Stevenson, A. J. Shields, I. Farrer and D. A. Ritchie
Phys. Rev. Applied, vol 1, no 2, 024002, 27 March 2014
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Quantifying security in quantum key distribution (QKD) systems

M. Lucamarini, K. Patel, J. F. Dynes, B. Fröhlich, A. W. Sharpe, A. R. Dixon, R. V. Penty, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
1st ETSI Quantum-Safe Cryptography Workshop, eProceedings, pp. 180-187, 13 March 2014 ISBN: 979-10-92620-02-3 Edited by Michele Mosca, Gaby Lenhart and Mark Pecen
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Overview of quantum key distribution technology and Introduction to the work of the ETSI QKD ISG

M. Ward and A. Shields
1st ETSI Quantum-Safe Cryptography Workshop, eProceedings, pp. 69-77, 13 March 2014 ISBN: 979-10-92620-02-3 Edited by Michele Mosca, Gaby Lenhart and Mark Pecen
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On-chip generation and guiding of quantum light from a site-controlled quantum dot

A. Jamil, J. Skiba-Szymanska, S. Kalliakos, A. Schwagmann, M. B. Ward, Y. Brody, D. J. P. Ellis, I. Farrer, J. P. Griffiths, G. A. C. Jones, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 104, no 10, 101108 (4 pages), 12 March 2014
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Coherent dynamics of a telecom-wavelength entangled photon source

M. B. Ward, M. C. Dean, R. M. Stevenson, A. J. Bennett, D. J. P. Ellis, K. Cooper, I. Farrer, C. A. Nicoll, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Nature Commun., vol 5, 3316 (6 pages), 19 February 2014
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Quantum key distribution for 10 Gb/s dense wavelength division multiplexing networks

K. A. Patel, J. F. Dynes, M. Lucamarini, I. Choi, A. W. Sharpe, Z. L. Yuan, R. V. Penty and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 104, no 5, 051123 (4 pages), 6 February 2014
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Room temperature single-photon detectors for high bit rate quantum key distribution

L. C. Comandar, B. Fröhlich, M. Lucamarini, K. A. Patel, A. W. Sharpe, J. F. Dynes, Z. L. Yuan, R. V. Penty and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 104, no 2, 021101 (4 pages), 13 January 2014
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2013

Quantum teleportation of laser-generated photons with an entangled-light-emitting diode

R. M. Stevenson, J. Nilsson, A. J. Bennett, J. Skiba-Szymanska, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Nature Commun., vol 4, 2859 (6 pages), 3 December 2013
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Security of two-way quantum key distribution

N. J. Beaudry, M. Lucamarini, S. Mancini and R. Renner
Phys. Rev. A, vol 88, no 6, 062302 (9 pages), 2 December 2013
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A quantum dot single photon source driven by resonant electrical injection

M. J. Conterio, N. Sköld, D. J. P. Ellis, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 103, no 16, 162108 (4 pages), 17 October 2013
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A quantum access network

B. Fröhlich, J. F. Dynes, M. Lucamarini, A. W. Sharpe, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
Nature, vol 501, no 7465, pp. 69-72, 4 September 2013
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Teleportation using electrically generated entangled photons from a quantum dot

J. Nilsson, R. M. Stevenson, K. H. A. Chan, J. Skiba-Szymanska, M. Lucamarini, M. B. Ward, A. J. Bennett, C. L. Salter, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields Conference CD, 12 August 2013
Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS)

Voltage control of electron-nuclear spin correlation time in a single quantum dot

J. Nilsson, L. Bouet, A. J. Bennett, T. Amand, R. M. Stevenson, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie, S. Kunz, X. Marie, A. J. Shields and B. Urbaszek
Phys. Rev. B, vol 88, no 8, 085306 (6 pages), 7 August 2013
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Engineering quantum dots for electrical control of the fine structure splitting

M. A. Pooley, A. J. Bennett, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 103, no 3, 031105 (4 pages), 15 July 2013
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A Multi-User Quantum Access Network

B. Fröhlich, J. F. Dynes, M. Lucamarini, A. W. Sharpe, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
CLEO: QELS-Fundamental Science, OSA Technical Digest, QTu2C.6 (2 pages), 9 June 2013 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS)
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High bit rate quantum key distribution with 100 dB security

K. A. Patel, M. Lucamarini, J. F. Dynes, B. Fröhlich, A. W. Sharpe, A. R. Dixon, Z. L. Yuan, R. V. Penty and A. J. Shields
CLEO: QELS-Fundamental Science, OSA Technical Digest, QTu2C.3 (2 pages), 9 June 2013 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS)
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On demand single photon-driven controlled-NOT gate

D. J. P. Ellis, M. A. Pooley, A. J. Bennett, R. B. Patel, A. K. Chan, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Conference Digest 978-1-4799-0594-2/13/$31.00, IB-6.4 THU, 16 May 2013 Conference on Laser and Electro-Optics - International Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe - IQEC 2013)
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Teleportation using a Quantum Dot Entangled-Light-Emitting Diode

J. Nilsson, R. M. Stevenson, K. H. A. Chan, J. Skiba-Szymanska, M. Lucamarini, M. B. Ward, A. J. Bennett, C. L. Salter, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Conference Digest 978-1-4799-0594-2/13/$31.00, PD-B.3, 15 May 2013 Conference on Laser and Electro-Optics - International Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe - IQEC 2013)
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On-chip generation and transmission of single photons

S. Kalliakos, A. Schwagmann, I. Farrer, J. P. Griffiths, G. A. C. Jones, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Proceedings of SPIE, vol 8619, 861904, 14 March 2013 Edited by Bernd Witzigmann, Marek Osinski, Fritz Henneberger and Yasuhiko Arakawa Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XXI (Photonics West 2013)
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Voltage tunability of single-spin states in a quantum dot

A. J. Bennett, M. A. Pooley, Y. Cao, N. Sköld, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Nature Commun., vol 4, 1522 (5 pages), 26 February 2013
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Quantum teleportation using a light-emitting diode

J. Nilsson, R. M. Stevenson, K. H. A. Chan, J. Skiba-Szymanska, M. Lucamarini, M. B. Ward, A. J. Bennett, C. L. Salter, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Nature Photonics, vol 7, no 4, pp. 311-315, 24 February 2013
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Magnetic vortex stability in Ni80Fe20 split rings

S. N. Holmes, J. H. Lee, B. Hong, M. D. Mascaro, D. Anderson, G. A. C. Jones, C. A. Ross and C. H. W. Barnes
J. Appl. Phys., vol 113, no 4, 044508 (7 pages), 24 January 2013
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Electrical Control of the Exciton Fine Structure of a Quantum Dot Molecule

N. Sköld, A. B. de la Giroday, A. J. Bennett, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Phys. Rev. Lett., vol 110, no 1, 016804 (5 pages), 2 January 2013
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2012

In-plane single-photon emission from a L3 cavity coupled to a photonic crystal waveguide

A. Schwagmann, S. Kalliakos, D. J. P. Ellis, I. Farrer, J. P. Griffiths, G. A. C. Jones, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Opt. Express, vol 20, no 27, pp. 28614-28624, 10 December 2012
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Interactions between entangled photons emitted by a diode

R. M. Stevenson, J. Nilsson, C. L. Salter, K. C. A. Chan, A. J. Bennett, M. B. Ward, J. Skiba-Szymanska, A. J. Shields, I. Farrer and D. A. Ritchie
IEEE Photonics Conference 2012 (IPC), pp. 411-412, 24 November 2012
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Coexistence of High-Bit-Rate Quantum Key Distribution and Data on Optical Fiber

K. A. Patel, J. F. Dynes, I. Choi, A. W. Sharpe, A. R. Dixon, Z. L. Yuan, R. V. Penty and A. J. Shields
Phys. Rev. X, vol 2, no 4, 041010 (8 pages), 20 November 2012
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Practical treatment of quantum bugs

M. Lucamarini, J. F. Dynes, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
Electro-Optical Remote Sensing, Photonic Technologies, and Applications VI (SPIE Security + Defence), vol 8542, 85421K (10 pages), 19 November 2012
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Stability of high bit rate quantum key distribution on installed fiber

R. M. Stevenson, A. J. Bennett and A. J. Shields
In "Quantum Dots: Optics, Electron Transport and Future Applications", pp. 319-340, July 2012 ISBN: 978-1-107-01258-5 Edited by Alexander Tartakovskii Published by Cambridge University Press
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Electrically operated entangled light sources based on quantum dots

P. F. Alcantarilla, S. Stent, G. Ros, R. Arroyo and R. Gherardi

Optica, vol 4, no 1, 19 January 2017 Link > / arXiv

Quantum electronics: New light on quantum tunnelling

A. J. Shields
Nature Photonics, vol 6, no 6, pp. 348-349, 29 May 2012
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Controlled-NOT gate operating with single photons

M. A. Pooley, D. J. P. Ellis, R. B. Patel, A. J. Bennett, K. H. A. Chan, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 100, no 21, 211103 (4 pages), 22 May 2012
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On-Chip Transmission of Non-Classical Light from an Integrated Quantum Emitter

S. Kalliakos, A. Schwagmann, I. Farrer, J. P. Griffiths, G. A. Jones, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
CLEO: QELS-Fundamental Science, OSA Technical Digest, CTh4M.4 (2 pages), 6 May 2012 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS)
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Electrically generated indistinguishable and entangled photon pairs

J. Nilsson, R. M. Stevenson, C. L. Salter, A. J. Bennett, M. B. Ward, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
CLEO: QELS-Fundamental Science, OSA Technical Digest, QF2F.5 (2 pages), 6 May 2012 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS)
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Multiplexed Classical and Quantum Transmission for High Bitrate Quantum Key Distribution Systems

K. A. Patel, J. F. Dynes, I. Choi, A. W. Sharpe, A. R. Dixon, Z. L. Yuan, R. Penty and A. J. Shields
CLEO: QELS-Fundamental Science, OSA Technical Digest, QM2H.5 (2 pages), 6 May 2012 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS)
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Wavelength tunable high quality positioned InAs quantum dots grown on patterned GaAs (001) substrates

A. Jamil, J. Skiba-Szymanska, I. Farrer, M. Ward, J. Griffiths, G. Jones, A. Shields and D. Ritchie
APS March Meeting 2012 , J17.00011, 28 February 2012
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Coherent electrical manipulation of a quantum dot qubit

M. Pooley, R. Patel, A. B. de la Giroday, I. Farrer, C. Nicoll, D. Ritchie, A. Bennett, M. Stevenson, M. Ward, N. Skold and A. Shields
APS March Meeting 2012, L29.00009, 28 February 2012
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Indistinguishable Entangled Photons Generated by a Light-Emitting Diode

R. M. Stevenson, C. L. Salter, J. Nilsson, A. J. Bennett, M. B. Ward, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Phys. Rev. Lett., vol 108, no 4, 040503 (5 pages), 27 January 2012
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Practical photon number detection with electric field-modulated silicon avalanche photodiodes

O. Thomas, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
Nature Commun., vol 3, no 1, 644 (5 pages), 24 January 2012
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Gigacount/second photon detection with InGaAs avalanche photodiodes

K. A. Patel, J. F. Dynes, A. W. Sharpe, Z. L. Yuan, R. V. Penty and A. J. Shields
Electronics Lett., vol 48, no 2, pp. 111-113 (19 January 2012), 18 January 2012
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2011

On-chip single photon emission from an integrated semiconductor quantum dot into a photonic crystal waveguide

A. Schwagmann, S. Kalliakos, I. Farrer, J. P. Griffiths, G. A. C. Jones, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.3672214
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Entangled Light Emission From a Diode

R. M. Stevenson, C. L. Salter, I. Farrer, C. A. Nicoll, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
AIP Conf. Proc., vol 1399, no 1, pp. 995-996, 23 December 2011 Edited by Jisoon Ihm and Hyeonsik Cheong Physics of Semiconductors: 30th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors
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Response to "Comment on 'Resilience of gated avalanche photodiodes against bright illumination attacks in quantum cryptography'" [Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 196101 (2011)]

Z. L. Yuan, J. F. Dynes and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 99, no 19, 196102 (2 pages), 11 November 2011
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Free induction decay of a superposition stored in a quantum dot

A. J. Bennett, M. A. Pooley, R. M. Stevenson, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Phys. Rev. B, vol 84, no 19, 195401 (4 pages), 1 November 2011
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Excitonic couplings and Stark effect in individual quantum dot molecules

A. B. de la Giroday, N. Sköld, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
J. Appl. Phys., vol 110, no 8, 083511 (6 pages), 20 October 2011
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Semiconductor Single Photon Devices for Quantum Information Processing

O. Thomas, C. L. Salter, A. J. Bennett, R. M. Stevenson, M. A. Pooley, M. B. Ward, R. B. Patel, A. B. de la Giroday, N. Skold, I. Farrer, C. A. Nicoll, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
AIP Conf. Proc., vol 1363, pp. 339-344, 17 October 2011 ISBN: 978-0-7354-0921-7 Edited by Timothy Ralph and Ping Koy Lam Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing (QCMC): The Te nth International Conference
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Single photon detection for high bit rate quantum communication

J. F. Dynes, Z. L. Yuan, A. W. Sharpe, A. R. Dixon and A. J. Shields
Proceedings of SPIE, vol 8189, 818918, 13 October 2011 Edited by Roberto Zamboni, François Kajzar, Attila A. Szep, Colin Lewis, Douglas Burgess, Mark T. Gruneisen, Miloslav Dusek and John G. Rarity Optics and Photonics for Counterterrorism and Crime Fighting VII; Optical Materials in Defence Systems Technology VIII; and Quantum-Physics-based Information Security (SPIE Security + Defense 2011)
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Growth and magnetic properties of ultrathin single crystal Fe3O4 film on InAs(100)

Z. Huang, Ya Zhai, Y. Xu, J. Wu, S. M. Thompson and S. N. Holmes
Phys. Status Solidi A, vol 208, no 10, pp. 2377-2379, 10 October 2011
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Gigacounts/s photon detection and its applications

Z. L. Yuan, J. Dynes, A. Dixon, A. Sharpe and A. Shields
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2011 IEEE, pp. 21-22, 30 August 2011 ISBN: 978-1-4244-5730-4 IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topicals 2011
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Probing higher order correlations of the photon field with photon number resolving avalanche photodiodes

J. F. Dynes, Z. L. Yuan, A. W. Sharpe, O. Thomas and A. J. Shields
Opt. Express, vol 19, no 14, pp. 13268-13276 (4 July 2011), 24 June 2011
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Resilience of gated avalanche photodiodes against bright illumination attacks in quantum cryptography

Z. L. Yuan, J. F. Dynes and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 98, no 23, 231104 (3 pages), 8 June 2011
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Augmentation Depth Camera Output using Photometric Stereo

R. Anderson, B. Stenger and R. Cipolla
MVA, June 2011
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Single- and few-electron dynamic quantum dots in a perpendicular magnetic field

S. J. Wright, A. L. Thorn, M. D. Blumenthal, S. P. Giblin, M. Pepper, T. J. B. M. Janssen, M. Kataoka, J. D. Fletcher, G. A. C. Jones, C. A. Nicoll, G. Gumbs and D. A. Ritchie
J. Appl. Phys., vol 109, no 10, 102422 (5 pages), 31 May 2011 30th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors (ICPS)
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Exciton-Spin Memory with a Semiconductor Quantum Dot Molecule

A. B. de la Giroday, N. Sköld, R. M. Stevenson, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Phys. Rev. Lett., vol 106, no 21, 216802 (4 pages), 24 May 2011
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Quantum Light Generation by Semiconductor Devices

A. J. Shields, A. J. Bennett, R. M. Stevenson, C. L. Salter, R. B. Patel, M. A. Pooley, M. B. Ward, A. B. de la Giroday, N. Skold, I. Farrer, C. A. Nicoll and D. A. Ritchie
CLEO/Europe and EQEC 2011 Conference Digest, OSA Technical Digest (CD), EA4_5 22 May 2011 European Quantum Electronics Conference (EQEC)
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Exciton-Spin Memory with a Single Semiconductor Quantum Dot Molecule

N. Sköld, A. B. de la Giroday, R. M. Stevenson, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
CLEO/Europe and EQEC 2011 Conference Digest, OSA Technical Digest (CD), ED1_2 22 May 2011 European Quantum Electronics Conference (EQEC)
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Efficient Photon Number Detection with Silicon Avalanche Photodiodes

O. Thomas, Z. L. Yuan, J. F. Dynes, A. W. Sharpe and A. J. Shields
CLEO/Europe and EQEC 2011 Conference Digest, OSA Technical Digest (CD), EE2_4 22 May 2011 European Quantum Electronics Conference (EQEC)
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Field test of quantum key distribution in the Tokyo QKD Network

M. Sasaki, M. Fujiwara, H. Ishizuka, W. Klaus, K. Wakui, M. Takeoka, S. Miki, T. Yamashita, Z. Wang, A. Tanaka, K. Yoshino, Y. Nambu, S. Takahashi, A. Tajima, A. Tomita, T. Domeki, T. Hasegawa, Y. Sakai, H. Kobayashi, T. Asai, K. Shimizu, T. Tokura, T. Tsurumaru, M. Matsui, T. Honjo, K. Tamaki, H. Takesue, Y. Tokura, J. F. Dynes, A. R. Dixon, A. W. Sharpe, Z. L. Yuan, A. J. Shields, S. Uchikoga, M. Legré, S. Robyr, P. Trinkler, L. Monat, J.-B. Page, G. Ribordy, A. Poppe, A. Allacher, O. Maurhart, T. Länger, M. Peev and A. Zeilinger
Opt. Express, vol 19, no 11, pp. 10387-10409 (23 May 2011), 11 May 2011
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High-speed electrical control of a solid-state photonic quantum interface

A. B. de la Giroday, A. J. Bennett, M. A. Pooley, M. Stevenson, N. Sköld, R. B. Patel, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, OSA Technical Digest (CD), QThR6 (2 pages), 1 May 2011 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS)
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Tokyo QKD Network and the evolution to Secure Photonic Network

M. Sasaki, M. Fujiwra, H. Ishizuka, W. Klaus, K. Wakui, M. Takeoka, A. Tanaka, K. Yoshino, Y. Nambu, S. Takahashi, A. Tajima, A. Tomita, T. Domeki, T. Hasegawa, Y. Sakai, H. Kobayashi, T. Asai, K. Shimizu, T. Tokura, T. Tsurumaru, M. Matsui, T. Honjo, K. Tamaki, H. Takesue, Y. Tokura, J. F. Dynes, A. Dixon, A. W. Sharpe, Z. L. Yuan, A. J. Shields, S. Uchikoga, M. Legré, S. Robyr, P. Trinkler, L. Monat, J.-B. Page, G. Ribordy, A. Poppe, A. Allacher, O. Maurhart, T. Länger, M. Peev and A. Zeilinger
CLEO:2011 - Laser Applications to Photonic Applications, OSA Technical Digest (CD), JTuC1 (3 pages), 1 May 2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (CLEO/QELS)

Observation of anticrossings in the exciton state of single quantum dots via electrical tuning of the fine-structure splitting

M. A. Pooley, A. J. Bennett, R. M. Stevenson, M. B. Ward, R. B. Patel, A. B. de la Giroday, N. Sköld, I. Farrer, C. A. Nicoll, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
J. Phys.: Conf. Ser., vol 286, no 1, 012026 (6 pages), 4 April 2011 Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Conference (CMMP10)
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Entangled-Photon Pair Emission from a Light-Emitting Diode

C. L. Salter, R. M. Stevenson, I. Farrer, C. A. Nicoll, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
J. Phys.: Conf. Ser., vol 286, no 1, 012022 (5 pages), 4 April 2011 Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Conference (CMMP10)
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Coherent coupling of the excitonic states in a single quantum dot

A. J. Bennett, M. A. Pooley, R. M. Stevenson, M. B. Ward, R. B. Patel, A. B. de la Giroday, N. Sköld, I. Farrer, C. A. Nicoll, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Proceedings of SPIE, vol 7947, 794707 (6 pages), 1 March 2011 Edited by Kurt G. Eyink, Frank Szmulowicz and Diana L. Huffaker Quantum Dots and Nanostructures: Synthesis, Characterization, and Modeling VIII (Photonics West 2011)
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A light emitting diode for entangled photons

R. M. Stevenson, C. L. Salter, I. Farrer, C. A. Nicoll, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Proceedings of SPIE, vol 7933, 79331U (8 pages), 21 February 2011 Edited by Bernd Witzigmann, Fritz Henneberger, Yasuhiko Arakawa and Alexandre Freundlich Physics and Simulation of Optoelectro nic Devices XIX (Photonics West 2011)
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Two-photon interference using electrically tunable remote quantum dots

R. B. Patel, A. J. Bennett, I. Farrer, C. A. Nicoll, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Proceedings of SPIE, vol 7948, 79481B (8 pages), 17 February 2011 Edited by Zameer U. Hasan, Philip R. Hemmer, Hwang Lee and Charles M. Santori Advances in Photonics of Quantum Computing, Memo ry, and Communication IV (Photonics West 2011)
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Efficient photon number detection with silicon avalanche photodiodes

O. Thomas, Z. L. Yuan, J. F. Dynes, A. W. Sharpe and A. J. Shields
Proceedings of SPIE, vol 7948, 79480M (6 pages), 12 February 2011 Edited by Zameer U. Hasan, Philip R. Hemmer, Hwang Lee and Charles M. Santori Advances in Photonics of Quantum Computing, Memo ry, and Communication IV (Photonics West 2011)
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Narrow emission linewidths of positioned InAs quantum dots grown on pre-patterned GaAs(100) substrates

J. Skiba-Szymanska, A. Jamil, I. Farrer, M. B. Ward, C. A. Nicoll, D. J. P. Ellis, J. P. Griffiths, D. Anderson, G. A. C. Jones, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Nanotechnology, vol 22, no 6, 065302 (11 February 2011) (4 pages), 7 January 2011
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2010

Electron and hole mobilities in semimetallic bismuth nanowires

K. Lee, S. Lee, S. N. Holmes, J. Ham, W. Lee and C. H. W. Barnes
Phys. Rev. B, vol 82, no 24, 245310 (6 pages), 9 December 2010
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All-electrical coherent control of the exciton states in a single quantum dot

A. B. de la Giroday, A. J. Bennett, M. A. Pooley, R. M. Stevenson, N. Sköld, R. B. Patel, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Phys. Rev. B, vol 82, no 24, 241301R (4 pages), 1 December 2010
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Avoiding the blinding attack in QKD

Z. L. Yuan, J. F. Dynes and A. J. Shields
Nature Photonics, vol 4, no 12, pp. 800-801 (December 2010), 30 November 2010
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Spin transport in germanium at room temperature

C. Shen, T. Trypiniotis, K. Y. Lee, S. N. Holmes, R. Mansell, M. Husain, V. Shah, X. V. Li, H. Kurebayashi, I. Farrer, C. H. de Groot, D. R. Leadley, G. Bell, E. H. C. Parker, T. Whall, D. A. Ritchie and C. H. W. Barnes
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 97, no 16, 162104 (3 pages), 20 October 2010
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Electric-field-induced coherent coupling of the exciton states in a single quantum dot

A. J. Bennett, M. A. Pooley, R. M. Stevenson, M. B. Ward, R. B. Patel, A. B. de la Giroday, N. Sköld, I. Farrer, C. A. Nicoll, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Nature Phys., vol 6, no 12, pp. 947-950 (December 2010) (4 pages), 3 October 2010
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Spin-injection device prospects for half-metallic Fe3O4:Al0.1Ga0.9As interfaces

R. Mansell, J.-B. Laloë, S. N. Holmes, P. K. Johnny Wong, Y. B. Xu, I. Farrer, G. A. C. Jones, D. A. Ritchie and C. H. W. Barnes
J. Appl. Phys., vol 108, no 3, 034507 (4 pages), 4 August 2010
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Giant Stark effect in the emission of single semiconductor quantum dots

A. J. Bennett, R. B. Patel, J. Skiba-Szymanska, C. A. Nicoll, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 97, no 3, 031104 (3 pages), 19 July 2010
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Efficient photon number detection with silicon avalanche photodiodes

O. Thomas, Z. L. Yuan, J. F. Dynes, A. W. Sharpe and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 97, no 3, 031102 (3 pages), 19 July 2010
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An accurate high-speed single-electron quantum dot pump

S. P. Giblin, S. J. Wright, J. D. Fletcher, M. Kataoka, M. Pepper, T. J. B. M. Janssen, D. A. Ritchie, C. A. Nicoll, D. Anderson and G. A. C. Jones
New J. Phys., vol 12, no 7, 073013 (8 pages), 12 July 2010
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Two-photon interference of the emission from electrically tunable remote quantum dots

R. B. Patel, A. J. Bennett, I. Farrer, C. A. Nicoll, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Nature Photonics, vol 4, no 9, pp. 632-635 (September 2010) (4 pages), 11 July 2010
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Quantum interference of electrically generated single photons from a quantum dot

R. B. Patel, A. J. Bennett, K. Cooper, P. Atkinson, C. A. Nicoll, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Nanotechnology, vol 21, no 27, 274011 (7 pages), 22 June 2010
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An entangled-light-emitting diode

C. L. Salter, R. M. Stevenson, I. Farrer, C. A. Nicoll, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Nature, vol 465, no 7298, pp. 594-597, 3 June 2010
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Evolution of locally excited avalanches in semiconductors

Z. L. Yuan, J. F. Dynes, A. W. Sharpe and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 96, no 19, 191107 (3 pages), 13 May 2010
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Actively Stabilised Quantum Key Distribution Operating Continuously at 1 Mbit/s

A. R. Dixon, Z. L. Yuan, J. F. Dynes, A. W. Sharpe and A. J. Shields
OSA Technical Digest (CD), QThI1 (2 pages), May 2010 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference
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An Electrically Driven Entangled Light Source

C. L. Salter, R. M. Stevenson, I. Farrer, C. A. Nicoll, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
OSA Technical Digest (CD), QWH5 (2 pages), May 2010 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference
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Multi-Gigahertz Photon Counting Using InGaAs APDs

Z. L. Yuan, A. W. Sharpe, J. F. Dynes, A. R. Dixon and A. J. Shields
OSA Technical Digest (CD), QThD3 (2 pages), May 2010 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference
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Quantum memories: A review based on the European integrated project "Qubit Applications (QAP)"

C. Simon, M. Afzelius, J. Appel, A. B. de la Giroday, S. J. Dewhurst, N. Gisin, C. Y. Hu, F. Jelezko, S. Kröll, J. H. Müller, J. Nunn, E. S. Polzik, J. G. Rarity, H. De Riedmatten, W. Rosenfeld, A. J. Shields, N. Sköld, R. M. Stevenson, R. Thew, I. A. Walmsley, M. C. Weber, H. Weinfurter, J. Wrachtrup and R. J. Young
Eur. Phys. J. D, vol 58, no 1, pp. 1-22, 20 April 2010
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Continuous operation of high bit rate quantum key distribution

A. R. Dixon, Z. L. Yuan, J. F. Dynes, A. W. Sharpe and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 96, no 16, 161102 (3 pages), 19 April 2010
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Introduction on Standardization of Quantum Key Distribution in Europe

S. Uchikoga
J. Information Processing Soc. Japan, vol 51, pp. 329-331, 15 March 2010

Biexciton cascade in telecommunication wavelength quantum dots

M. B. Ward, P. M. Intallura, C. M. Natarajan, R. H. Hadfield, P. Atkinson, Z. L. Yuan, S. Miki, M. Fujiwara, M. Sasaki, Z. Wang, B. Baek, S. W. Nam, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
J. Phys.: Conf. Ser., vol 210, 012036 (4 pages), 2 March 2010 International Conference on Optics of Excitons in Confined Systems (OECS11)
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Multi-gigahertz operation of photon counting InGaAs avalanche photodiodes

Z. L. Yuan, A. W. Sharpe, J. F. Dynes, A. R. Dixon and A. J. Shields
Optica, vol 4, no 1, 19 January 2017
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Slow-light-enhanced single quantum dot emission in a unidirectional photonic crystal waveguide

S. J. Dewhurst, D. Granados, D. J. P. Ellis, A. J. Bennett, R. B. Patel, I. Farrer, D. Anderson, G. A. C. Jones, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 96, no 3, 031109 (3 pages), 22 January 2010
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A High Efficiency, Purcell-enhanced Microcavity Single Photon Emitting Diode

D. J. P. Ellis, A. J. Bennett, S. J. Dewhurst, C. A. Nicoll, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields

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2009

Magnetic remanent states and quasistatic switching behavior of Fe split-rings for spin field-effect-transistor applications

J. H. Lee, S. N. Holmes, B. Hong, P. E. Roy, M. D. Mascaro, T. J. Hayward, D. Anderson, K. Cooper, G. A. C. Jones, M. E. Vickers, C. A. Ross and C. H. W. Barnes
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 95, no 17, 172505 (3 pages), 28 October 2009
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Interference of dissimilar photon sources

A. J. Bennett, R. B. Patel, C. A. Nicoll, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Nature Phys., vol 5, no 10, pp. 715-717, 30 August 2009
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In-plane magnetoresistance and magnetization reversal of cobalt antidot arrays

T.-J. Meng, J.-B. Laloë, S. N. Holmes, A. Husmann and G. A. C. Jones
J. Appl. Phys., vol 106, no 3, 033901 (5 pages), 3 August 2009
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Molecular beam epitaxy of high mobility In0.75Ga0.25As for electron spin transport applications

P. J. Simmonds, S. N. Holmes, H. E. Beere, I. Farrer, F. Sfigakis, D. A. Ritchie and M. Pepper
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B, vol 27, no 4, pp. 2066-2070, 30 July 2009
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The physical generation of true random numbers

Z. L. Yuan, J. Dynes and A. Shields
SPIE Newsroom (3 pages), 15 July 2009
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The SECOQC quantum key distribution network in Vienna

M. Peev, C. Pacher, R. Alléaume, C. Barreiro, J. Bouda, W. Boxleitner, T. Debuisschert, E. Diamanti, M. Dianati, J. F. Dynes, S. Fasel, S. Fossier, M. Fürst, J.-D. Gautier, O. Gay, N. Gisin, P. Grangier, A. Happe, Y. Hasani, M. Hentschel, H. Hübel, G. Humer, T. Länger, M. Legré, R. Lieger, J. Lodewyck, T. Lorünser, N. Lütkenhaus, A. Marhold, T. Matyus, O. Maurhart, L. Monat, S. Nauerth, J.-B. Page, A. Poppe, E. Querasser, G. Ribordy, S. Robyr, L. Salvail, A. W Sharpe, A. J. Shields, D. Stucki, M. Suda, C. Tamas, T. Themel, R. T. Thew, Y. Thoma, A. Treiber, P. Trinkler, R. Tualle-Brouri, F. Vannel, N. Walenta, H. Weier, H. Weinfurter, I. Wimberger, Z. L. Yuan, H. Zbinden and A. Zeilinger
New J. Phys., vol 11, no 7, 075001 (37 pages), 2 July 2009
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Efficient entanglement distribution over 200 kilometers

J. F. Dynes, H. Takesue, Z. L. Yuan, A. W. Sharpe, K. Harada, T. Honjo, H. Kamada, O. Tadanaga, Y. Nishida, M. Asobe and A. J. Shields
Opt. Express, vol 17, no 14, pp. 11440-11449, 23 June 2009
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Interfacial, electrical, and spin-injection properties of epitaxial Co2MnGa grown on GaAs(100)

C. D. Damsgaard, M. C. Hickey, S. N. Holmes, R. Feidenhans'l, S. O. Mariager, C. S. Jacobsen and J. B. Hansen
J. Appl. Phys., vol 105, no 12, 124502 (6 pages), 16 June 2009
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Ultrashort dead time of photon-counting InGaAs avalanche photodiodes

A. R. Dixon, J. F. Dynes, Z. L. Y. (袁之良), A. W. Sharpe, A. J. Bennett and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 94, no 23, 231113 (3 pages), 9 June 2009
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Entangled Photon Generation by Quantum Dots

A. J. Shields, R. M. Stevenson and R. J. Young
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Practical gigahertz quantum key distribution based on avalanche photodiodes

Z. L. Yuan, A. R. Dixon, J. F. Dynes, A. W. Sharpe and A. J. Shields
New J. Phys., vol 11, no 4, 045019 (11 pages), 30 April 2009
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Record quantum-cryptography bit rate enables ultrasecure fiber networks

A. Shields
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Coherent Time Evolution of a Single-Electron Wave Function

M. Kataoka, M. R. Astley, A. L. Thorn, D. K. L. Oi, C. H. W. Barnes, C. J. B. Ford, D. Anderson, G. A. C. Jones, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and M. Pepper
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InGaAs Avalanche Photodiodes for Gigahertz Quantum Key Distribution

Z. L. Yuan, A. R. Dixon, J. F. Dynes, A. W. Sharpe and A. J. Shields
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Quantum communication using single photons from a semiconductor quantum dot emitting at a telecommunication wavelength

P. M. Intallura, M. B. Ward, O. Z. Karimov, Z. L. Yuan, P. See, P. Atkinson, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt., vol 11, no 5, 054005 (May 2009) (6 pages), 18 March 2009
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Influence of thermal excitation on magnetization states and switching routes of magnetic multilayer rings

J. H. Lee, T. J. Hayward, S. N. Holmes, B. Hong, J. Llandro, K. Cooper, D. Anderson, G. A. C. Jones and C. H. W. Barnes
J. Appl. Phys., vol 105, 07C107 (3 pages), 25 February 2009 53rd Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM 2008)
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Generation of identical photons using an electrically driven single-photon source

R. B. Patel, A. J. Bennett, K. Cooper, P. Atkinson, C. A. Nicoll, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Proceedings of SPIE, vol 7224, 72240X, 18 February 2009 Edited by Kurt G. Eyink, Frank Szmulowicz and Diana L. Huffaker Quantum Dots, Particles, and Nanoclusters VI (Photonics West 2008)
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Bell-Inequality Violation with a Triggered Photon-Pair Source

R. J. Young, R. M. Stevenson, A. J. Hudson, C. A. Nicoll, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Phys. Rev. Lett., vol 102, no 3, 030406 (4 pages), 23 January 2009
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Micron-scale confinement of light and current: single photon sources with oxide apertures

D. J. P. Ellis, A. J. Bennett, P. Atkinson, C. A. Nicoll, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
J. Mod. Opt., vol 56, no 2–3, pp. 175-178, January 2009
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2008

Enhanced current quantization in high-frequency electron pumps in a perpendicular magnetic field

S. J. Wright, M. D. Blumenthal, G. Gumbs, A. L. Thorn, M. Pepper, T. J. B. M. Janssen, S. N. Holmes, D. Anderson, G. A. C. Jones, C. A. Nicoll and D. A. Ritchie
Phys. Rev. B, vol 78, no 23, 233311 (4 pages), 23 December 2008
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Bychkov–Rashba dominated band structure in an In0.75Ga0.25As–In0.75Al0.25As device with spin-split carrier densities of <1011 cm−2

S. N. Holmes, P. J. Simmonds, H. E. Beere, F. Sfigakis, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and M. Pepper
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, vol 20, no 47, 472207 (26 November 2008) (6 pages), 6 November 2008
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Gigahertz decoy quantum key distribution with 1 Mbit/s secure key rate

A. R. Dixon, Z. L. Yuan, J. F. Dynes, A. W. Sharpe and A. J. Shields
Opt. Express, vol 16, no 23, 18790 (8 pages), 30 October 2008
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Oxide-apertured microcavity single-photon-emitting diodes—simultaneous confinement of current and light

D. J. P. Ellis, A. J. Bennett, S. J. Dewhurst, P. Atkinson, C. A. Nicoll, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Opt. Express, vol 16, no 23, 18790 (8 pages), 30 October 2008
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Evolution of Entanglement Between Distinguishable Light States

R. M. Stevenson, A. J. Hudson, A. J. Bennett, R. J. Young, C. A. Nicoll, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Phys. Rev. Lett., vol 101, no 17, 170501 (4 pages), 20 October 2008
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MBE growth of In(Ga)As quantum dots for entangled light emission

C. A. Nicoll, C. L. Salter, R. M. Stevenson, A. J. Hudson, P. Atkinson, K. Cooper, A. J. Shields and D. A. Ritchie J. Cryst. Growth, vol 311, no 7, pp. 1811-1814 (15 March 2009), 17 October 2008
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Quantum dot resonant tunneling diode single photon detector with aluminum oxide aperture defined tunneling area

H. W. Li, B. E. Kardynał, D. J. P. Ellis, A. J. Shields, I. Farrer and D. A. Ritchie
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 93, no 15, 153503 (3 pages), 14 October 2008
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Modulation of single quantum dot energy levels by a surface-acoustic-wave

J. R. Gell, M. B. Ward, R. J. Young, R. M. Stevenson, P. Atkinson, D. Anderson, G. A. C. Jones, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 93, no 8, 081115 (3 pages), 28 August 2008
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A high speed, postprocessing free, quantum random number generator

J. F. Dynes, Z. L. Yuan, A. W. Sharpe and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 93, no 3, 031109 (3 pages), 23 July 2008
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Entangled photon pair emission and interference from single quantum dots

R. M. Stevenson, R. J. Young and A. J. Shields
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Telecom-wavelength single-photon sources based on single quantum dots

M. B. Ward, A. J. Shields, B. Alloing, C. Zinoni, C. Monat and A. Fiore
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Spin-orbit coupling in an In0.52Ga0.48As quantum well with two populated subbands

P. J. Simmonds, S. N. Holmes, H. E. Beere and D. A. Ritchie
J. Appl. Phys., vol 103, no 12, 124506 (7 pages), 18 June 2008
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An avalanche-photodiode-based photon-number-resolving detector

B. E. Kardynał, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
Nature Photonics, vol 2, no 7, pp. 425-428 (July 2008), 15 June 2008
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Spin injection from Co2MnGa into an InGaAs quantum well

M. C. Hickey, C. D. Damsgaard, S. N. Holmes, I. Farrer, G. A. C. Jones, D. A. Ritchie, C. S. Jacobsen, J. B. Hansen and M. Pepper
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 92, no 23, 232101 (3 pages), 9 June 2008
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Postselective Two-Photon Interference from a Continuous Nonclassical Stream of Photons Emitted by a Quantum Dot

R. B. Patel, A. J. Bennett, K. Cooper, P. Atkinson, C. A. Nicoll, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Phys. Rev. Lett., vol 100, no 20, 207405 (4 pages), 23 May 2008
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Gigahertz quantum key distribution with InGaAs avalanche photodiodes

Z. L. Yuan, A. R. Dixon, J. F. Dynes, A. W. Sharpe and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 92, no 20, 201104 (3 pages), 19 May 2008
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Indistinguishable photons from a diode

A. J. Bennett, R. B. Patel, A. J. Shields, K. Cooper, P. Atkinson, C. A. Nicoll and D. A. Ritchie
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 92, no 19, 193503 (3 pages), 13 May 2008
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Quantized acoustoelectric current in an InGaAs quantum well

M. R. Astley, M. Kataoka, C. J. B. Ford, C. H. W. Barnes, M. D. Godfrey, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie, D. Anderson, G. A. C. Jones, M. Pepper and S. N. Holmes
J. Appl. Phys., vol 103, no 9, 096102 (3 pages), 5 May 2008
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Hong-Ou-Mandel Interference with a LED

A. J. Bennett, R. B. Patel, P. Atkinson, C. A. Nicoll, K. Cooper, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
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Time-Bin Entanglement with Single Photons from a Quantum Dot

A. J. Bennett, D. G. Gevaux, Z. L. Yuan, P. Atkinson, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
OSA Technical Digest (CD), QTuE5 4 May 2008 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (CLEO/QELS)
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Cavity-enhanced radiative emission rate in a single-photon-emitting diode operating at 0.5 GHz

D. J. P. Ellis, A. J. Bennett, S. J. Dewhurst, C. A. Nicoll, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
New J. Phys., vol 10, no 4, 043035 (8 pages), 21 April 2008
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Quantum key distribution using a semiconductor quantum dot source emitting at a telecommunication wavelength

P. M. Intallura, M. B. Ward, O. Z. Karimov, Z. L. Yuan, P. See, A. J. Shields, P. Atkinson and D. A. Ritchie
Proceedings of SPIE, vol 6902, 69020G (10 pages), 11 February 2008 Edited by Kurt G. Eyink, Frank Szmulowicz and Diana L. Huffaker Quantum Dots, Particles, and Nanoclusters V (Photonics West 2 008)
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Experimental position-time entanglement with degenerate single photons

A. J. Bennett, D. G. Gevaux, Z. L. Yuan, A. J. Shields, P. Atkinson and D. A. Ritchie
Phys. Rev. A, vol 77, no 2, 023803 (5 pages), 5 February 2008
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Capture dynamics of hot electrons on quantum dots in RTDs studied by noise measurement

S. S. Hees, B. E. Kardynal, A. J. Shields, I. Farrer and D. A. Ritchie
New J. Phys., vol 10, 013027 (7 pages), 23 January 2008
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Improved fidelity of triggered entangled photons from single quantum dots

R. J. Young, R. M. Stevenson, P. Atkinson, K. Cooper, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
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2007

Coherence of an Entangled Exciton-Photon State

A. J. Hudson, R. M. Stevenson, A. J. Bennett, R. J. Young, C. A. Nicoll, P. Atkinson, K. Cooper, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Phys. Rev. Lett., vol 99, no 26, 266802 (4 pages), 28 December 2007
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Oscillatory Dyakonov-Perel spin dynamics in two-dimensional electron gases

W. J. H. Leyland, R. T. Harley, M. Henini, A. J. Shields, I. Farrer and D. A. Ritchie
Phys. Rev. B, vol 76, no 19, 195305 (6 pages), 7 November 2007
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Growth-temperature optimization for low-carrier-density In0.75Ga0.25As-based high electron mobility transistors on InP

P. J. Simmonds, H. E. Beere, D. A. Ritchie and S. N. Holmes
J. Appl. Phys., vol 102, no 8, 083518 (4 pages), 15 October 2007
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Quantum key distribution using a triggered quantum dot source emitting near 1.3 μm

P. M. Intallura, M. B. Ward, O. Z. Karimov, Z. L. Yuan, P. See, A. J. Shields, P. Atkinson and D. A. Ritchie
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 91, no 16, 161103 (3 pages), 15 October 2007
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Oxide-semiconductor micro-pillar cavities

A. J. Bennett, D. J. P. Ellis, A. J. Shields, P. Atkinson, I. Farrer and D. A. Ritchie
Physica E, vol 40, no 6, pp. 2093-2095 (April 2008), 9 October 2007 13th International Conference on Modulated Semiconductor Structures (MSS-13)
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Single electron-spin memory with a semiconductor quantum dot

R. J. Young, S. J. Dewhurst, R. M. Stevenson, P. Atkinson, A. J. Bennett, M. B. Ward, K. Cooper, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
New J. Phys., vol 9, no 10, 365 (7 pages), 9 October 2007
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Non-rigid Photometric Stereo with Colored Lights

C. Hernández, G. Vogiatzis, G. J. Brostow, B. Stenger and R. Cipolla
ICCV, October 2007
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Temporal isolation of surface-acoustic-wave driven luminescence from a lateral p–n junction using pulsed techniques

J. R. Gell, M. B. Ward, P. Atkinson, S. P. Bremner, D. Anderson, C. E. Norman, M. Kataoka, C. H. W. Barnes, G. A. C. Jones, A. J. Shields and D. A. Ritchie
Physica E, vol 40, no 6, pp. 1775-1779 (April 2008), 29 September 2007 13th International Conference on Modulated Semiconductor Structures (MSS-13)
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Quantum dot resonant tunneling diodes for telecom wavelength single-photon detection

H. W. Li, P. Simmonds, H. E. Beere, B. E. Kardynał, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Proceedings of SPIE, vol 6766, 67660N (6 pages), 25 September 2007 Edited by Joachim Piprek and Jian J. Wang Optoelectronic Devices: Physics, Fabrication, and Application IV (Optics East 2007)
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Biphoton interference with a quantum dot source of entangled light

A. J. Hudson, R. M. Stevenson, R. J. Young, P. Atkinson, K. Cooper, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Physica E, vol 40, no 6, pp. 1888-1890 (April 2008), 18 September 2007 13th International Conference on Modulated Semiconductor Structures (MSS-13)
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Quantum-Dot Sources for Single Photons and Entangled Photon Pairs

R. J. Young, D. J. P. Ellis, R. M. Stevenson, A. J. Bennett, P. Atkinson, K. Cooper, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Proc. of the IEEE, vol 95, no 9, pp. 1805-1814, September 2007
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Quantum dot resonant tunneling diode for telecommunication wavelength single photon detection

H. W. Li, B. E. Kardynał, P. See, A. J. Shields, P. Simmonds, H. E. Beere and D. A. Ritchie
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 91, no 7, 073516 (3 pages), 15 August 2007
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High speed single photon detection in the near infrared

Z. L. Yuan, B. E. Kardynal, A. W. Sharpe and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 91, no 4, 041114 (3 pages), 27 July 2007
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Controlling the polarization correlation of photon pairs from a charge-tunable quantum dot

R. J. Young, S. J. Dewhurst, R. M. Stevenson, A. J. Shields, P. Atkinson, K. Cooper and D. A. Ritchie
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 91, no 1, 011114 (3 pages), 5 July 2007
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Temporal characteristics of surface-acoustic-wave-driven luminescence from a lateral p-n junction

J. R. Gell, M. B. Ward, A. J. Shields, P. Atkinson, S. P. Bremner, D. Anderson, M. Kataoka, C. H. W. Barnes, G. A. C. Jones and D. A. Ritchie
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 91, no 1, 013506 (3 pages), 3 July 2007
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Practical quantum key distribution over 60 hours at an optical fiber distance of 20 km using weak and vacuum decoy pulses for enhanced security

J. F. Dynes, Z. L. Yuan, A. W. Sharpe and A. J. Shields
Opt. Express, vol 15, no 13, pp. 8465-8471, 22 June 2007
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Oxide-apertured microcavity single-photon emitting diode

D. J. P. Ellis, A. J. Bennett, A. J. Shields, P. Atkinson and D. A. Ritchie
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 90, no 23, 233514 (3 pages), 11 June 2007
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Suppression of spin-splitting in Al0.33Ga0.67As/AlyGa1-yAs heterostructures with y varying from 0.10 to 0.15

V. H. Russell, S. N. Holmes, P. Atkinson, D. K. Maude, F. Sfigakis, D. A. Ritchie and M. Pepper
Semicond. Sci. Technol., vol 22, no 7, pp. 722-727, 31 May 2007
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Growth by molecular beam epitaxy of self-assembled InAs quantum dots on InAlAs and InGaAs lattice-matched to InP

P. J. Simmonds, H. E. Beere, H. W. Li, P. See, A. J. Shields and D. A. Ritchie
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B, vol 25, no 3, pp. 1044-1048, 31 May 2007
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Strongly bias-dependent spin injection from Fe into n-type GaAs

M. C. Hickey, S. N. Holmes, T. Meng, I. Farrer, G. A. C. Jones, D. A. Ritchie and M. Pepper
Phys. Rev. B, vol 75, no 19, 193204 (4 pages), 25 May 2007
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Biphoton interference with a quantum dot entangled light source

R. M. Stevenson, A. J. Hudson, R. J. Young, P. Atkinson, K. Cooper, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Opt. Express, vol 15, no 10, pp. 6507-6512, 11 May 2007
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Observation of the Purcell effect in high-index-contrast micropillars

A. J. Bennett, D. J. P. Ellis, A. J. Shields, P. Atkinson, I. Farrer and D. A. Ritchie
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 90, no 19, 191911 (3 pages), 10 May 2007
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Photon number resolving detector based on a quantum dot field effect transistor

B. E. Kardynał, S. S. Hees, A. J. Shields, C. Nicoll, I. Farrer and D. A. Ritchie
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 90, no 18, 181114 (3 pages), 1 May 2007
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Entangled photons from the biexciton cascade of quantum dots

R. J. Young, R. M. Stevenson, A. J. Shields, P. Atkinson, K. Cooper and D. A. Ritchie
J. Appl. Phys., vol 101, no 8, 081711 (4 pages), 27 April 2007
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Spin Relaxation in 2D Electron Gases in the Strong Scattering Regime

M. M. Glazov, W. J. H. Leyland, E. L. Ivchenko, R. T. Harley, M. Henini, A. J. Shields and D. A. Ritchie
AIP Conference Proceedings, vol 893, pp. 1301-1302, 10 April 2007 ISBN: 978-0-7354-0397-0 Edited by Wolfgang Jantsch and Friedrich Schaffler 28th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors (ICPS-28)
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Coherent Oscillatory Spin-Dynamics in High-Mobility 2D Electron Gases

W. J. H. Leyland, R. T. Harley, M. Henini, A. J. Shields and D. A. Ritchie
AIP Conference Proceedings, vol 893, pp. 1297-1298, 10 April 2007 ISBN: 978-0-7354-0397-0 Edited by Wolfgang Jantsch and Friedrich Schaffler 28th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors (ICPS-28)
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Enhanced spin-relaxation time due to electron-electron scattering in semiconductor quantum wells

P. F. Alcantarilla, S. Stent, G. Ros, R. Arroyo and R. GherardiW. J. H. Leyland, G. H. John, R. T. Harley, M. M. Glazov, E. L. Ivchenko, D. A. Ritchie, I. Farrer, A. J. Shields and M. Henini
Phys. Rev. B, vol 75, no 16, 165309 (8 pages), 10 April 2007
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Semiconductor quantum light sources

A. J. Shields
Nature Photonics, vol 1, no 4, pp. 215-223, April 2007
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Key to the quantum industry

A. Shields and Z. L. Yuan
Physics World, vol 20, pg 24, 1 March 2007

Quantum light generation with a semiconductor quantum dot

R. J. Young, D. J. P. Ellis, M. R. Stevenson, A. J. Bennett, P. Atkinson, K. Cooper, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Proceedings of SPIE, vol 6468, 64681G, 7 February 2007 Edited by Marek Osinski, Fritz Henneberger, Yasuhiko Arakawa Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XV (Photonics West 2007)
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Electrically driven telecommunication wavelength single-photon source

M. B. Ward, T. Farrow, P. See, Z. L. Yuan, O. Z. Karimov, A. J. Bennett, A. J. Shields, P. Atkinson, K. Cooper and D. A. Ritchie
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 90, no 6, 063512 (3 pages), 5 February 2007
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Low timing jitter detector for gigahertz quantum key distribution

R. J. Collins, R. H. Hadfield, V. Fernandez, S. W. Nam and G. S. Buller
Electronics Lett., vol 43, no 3, pp. 180-181, 1 February 2007
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Quantum Information: Source of triggered entangled photon pairs? (Reply)

R. M. Stevenson, R. J. Young, P. Atkinson, K. Cooper, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Nature, vol 445, no 7124, pp. E5-6, 10 January 2007
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Generating Entangled Light with a Semiconductor Nanostructure

Toshiba Review, vol 62, pg 5, 2007
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A semiconductor device for generating pairs of entangled photons

R. J. Young, R. M. Stevenson, A. Hudson, P. Atkinson, K. Cooper, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
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Generating triggered single and entangled photons with a semiconductor source

R. J. Young, R. M. Stevenson, A. Hudson, P. Atkinson, K. Cooper, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
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Control of fine-structure splitting of individual InAs quantum dots by rapid thermal annealing

D. J. P. Ellis, R. M. Stevenson, R. J. Young, A. J. Shields, P. Atkinson and D. A. Ritchie
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 90, no 1, 011907 (3 pages), 1 January 2007
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Unconditionally secure one-way quantum key distribution using decoy pulses

Z. L. Yuan, A. W. Sharpe and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 90, no 1, 011118 (3 pages), 1 January 2007
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2006

Surface-acoustic-wave-driven luminescence from a lateral p-n junction

J. R. Gell, P. Atkinson, S. P. Bremner, F. Sfigakis, M. Kataoka, D. Anderson, G. A. C. Jones, C. H. W. Barnes, D. A. Ritchie, M. B. Ward, C. E. Norman and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 89, no 24, 243505 (3 pages), 11 December 2006
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Controlling spontaneous emission from quantum dots using photonic crystal microcavities

D. G. Gevaux, P. Atkinson, D. Anderson, A. J. Bennett, S. P. Bremner, J. Griffiths, D. J. P. Ellis, R. M. Stevenson, G. A. C. Jones, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Phys. Status Solidi C, vol 3, no 11, pp. 3676-3679, 22 November 2006
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Optimisation of quantum dot resonant tunnelling diodes for fibre wavelength detection

H. W. Li, P. Simmonds, H. E. Beere, B. E. Kardynal, P. See, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Phys. Status Solidi C, vol 3, no 11, pp. 4035-4038, 22 November 2006
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Entangled photon pairs from a quantum dot source

R. M. Stevenson, R. J. Young, P. Atkinson, K. Cooper, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Phys. Status Solidi C, vol 3, no 11, pp. 3697-3701, 22 November 2006
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Single-photon-emitting diodes: a review

A. J. Bennett, P. Atkinson, P. See, M. B. Ward, R. M. Stevenson, Z. L. Yuan, D. C. Unitt, D. J. P. Ellis, K. Cooper, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Phys. Status Solidi B, vol 243, no 14, pp. 3730-3740, 7 November 2006
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Effect of InAs dots on noise of quantum dot resonant tunneling single-photon detectors

S. S. Hees, B. E. Kardynal, P. See, A. J. Shields, I. Farrer and D. A. Ritchie
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 89, no 15, 153510 (3 pages), 9 October 2006
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Single electron dynamics in a quantum dot field effect transistor

B. E. Kardynał, A. J. Shields, I. Farrer, K. Cooper and D. A. Ritchie
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 89, no 11, 113503 (3 pages), 11 September 2006
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Control of Exciton fine structure splitting in quantum dots

R. M. Stevenson, R. J. Young, P. Atkinson, K. Cooper, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Acta Phys. Pol. A, vol 110, no 3, pp. 311-318, September 2006 XXXV International School of Semiconducting Compounds (ISSC 2006)
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Site-Control of InAs Quantum Dots using Ex-Situ Electron-Beam Lithographic Patterning of GaAs Substrates

P. Atkinson, M. B. Ward, S. P. Bremner, D. Anderson, T. Farrow, G. A. C. Jones, A. J. Shields and D. A. Ritchie
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., vol 45, Part 1, no 4A, pp. 2519-2521, 7 April 2006
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Enhancement and suppression of spontaneous emission by temperature tuning InAs quantum dots to photonic crystal cavities

D. G. Gevaux, A. J. Bennett, R. M. Stevenson, A. J. Shields, P. Atkinson, J. Griffiths, D. Anderson, G. A. C. Jones and D. A. Ritchie
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 88, no 13, 131101 (3 pages), 27 March 2006
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Electrically addressing a single self-assembled quantum dot

D. J. P. Ellis, A. J. Bennett, A. J. Shields, P. Atkinson and D. A. Ritchie
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 88, no 13, 133509 (3 pages), 27 March 2006
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Improved fidelity of triggered entangled photons from single quantum dots

R. J. Young, R. M. Stevenson, P. Atkinson, K. Cooper, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
New J. Phys., vol 8, no 2, 29 (9 pages), 26 February 2006
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Fermi surfaces and electronic structure of the Heusler alloy Co2TiSn

M. C. Hickey, A. Husmann, S. N. Holmes and G. A. C. Jones
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, vol 18, no 10, pp. 2897-2903, 20 February 2006
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Gating schemes for controlling the electron wavefunction between GaAs and In0.05Ga0.95As quasi-one-dimensional channels

M. D. Godfrey, A. Husmann, H. E. Beere, D. A. Ritchie, S. N. Holmes and M. Pepper
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, vol 18, no 8, pp. L123-128, 10 February 2006
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An electrically driven microcavity single photon source

P. See, M. B. Ward, O. Z. Karimov, Z. Yuan, A. J. Shields, T. Farrow, P. Atkinson and D. A. Ritchie
Proceedings of SPIE, vol 6129, 61290M (8 pages), 7 February 2006 Edited by Kurt G. Eyink and Diana L. Huffaker Quantum Dots, Particles, and Nanoclusters III (Photonics West 2006)
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Inversion of the exciton fine structure splitting in quantum dots

R. J. Young, R. M. Stevenson, A. J. Shields, P. Atkinson, K. Cooper, D. A. Ritchie, K. M. Groom, A. I. Tartakovskii and M. S. Skolnick
Physica E, vol 32, no 1–2, pp. 97-100, 25 January 2006 Edited by E. L. Hu 12th International Conference on Modulated Semiconductor Structures (MSS-12)
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Site control of InAs quantum dot nucleation by ex situ electron-beam lithographic patterning of GaAs substrates

P. Atkinson, M. B. Ward, S. P. Bremner, D. Anderson, T. Farrow, G. A. C. Jones, A. J. Shields and D. A. Ritchie
Physica E, vol 32, no 1–2, pp. 21-24 (May 2006), 24 January 2006 Edited by E. L. Hu 12th International Conference on Modulated Semiconductor Structures (MSS-12)
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Cancellation of fine-structure splitting in quantum dots by a magnetic field

R. M. Stevenson, R. J. Young, P. See, D. G. Gevaux, K. Cooper, P. Atkinson, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Physica E, vol 32, no 1–2, pp. 135-138, 24 January 2006 Edited by E. L. Hu 12th International Conference on Modulated Semiconductor Structures (MSS-12)
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A semiconductor source of triggered entangled photon pairs

R. M. Stevenson, R. J. Young, P. Atkinson, K. Cooper, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Nature, vol 439, no 7073, pp. 179-182, 12 January 2006
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Magnetic-field-induced reduction of the exciton polarization splitting in InAs quantum dots

R. M. Stevenson, R. J. Young, P. See, D. G. Gevaux, K. Cooper, P. Atkinson, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Phys. Rev. B, vol 73, no 3, 033306 (4 pages), 10 January 2006
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2005

Quantum dots for single photon and photon pair technology

R. M. Stevenson, R. J. Young, R. M. Thompson, Z. Yuan, B. E. Kardynal, I. Farrer, M. B. Ward, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
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Influence of exciton dynamics on the interference of two photons from a microcavity single-photon source

A. J. Bennett, D. C. Unitt, A. J. Shields, P. Atkinson and D. A. Ritchie
Opt. Express, vol 13, no 20, pp. 7772-7778, 3 October 2005
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Strong directional dependence of single-quantum-dot fine structure

R. M. Stevenson, R. J. Young, P. See, C. E. Norman, A. J. Shields, P. Atkinson and D. A. Ritchie
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 87, no 13, 133120 (3 pages), 26 September 2005
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Inversion of exciton level splitting in quantum dots

R. J. Young, R. M. Stevenson, A. J. Shields, P. Atkinson, K. Cooper, D. A. Ritchie, K. M. Groom, A. I. Tartakovskii and M. S. Skolnick
Phys. Rev. B, vol 72, no 11, 113305 (4 pages), 8 September 2005
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One step synthesis of highly crystalline and high coercive cobalt-ferrite nanocrystals

P. F. Alcantarilla, S. Stent, G. Ros, R. Arroyo and R. GherardiS. Bhattacharyya, J.-P. Salvetat, R. Fleurier, A. Husmann, T. Cacciaguerra and M.-L. SaboungiP. F. Alcantarilla, S. Stent, G. Ros, R. Arroyo and R. Gherardi
Chem. Commun., no 38, pp. 4818-4820, 1 September 2005
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Polarization control of quantum dot single-photon sources via a dipole-dependent Purcell effect

D. C. Unitt, A. J. Bennett, P. Atkinson, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Phys. Rev. B, vol 72, no 3, 033318 (4 pages), 21 July 2005
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Electrical control of the uncertainty in the time of single photon emission events

A. J. Bennett, D. C. Unitt, P. See, A. J. Shields, P. Atkinson, K. Cooper and D. A. Ritchie
Phys. Rev. B, vol 72, no 03, 033316 (4 pages), 18 July 2005
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Quantum dots as single-photon sources for quantum information processing

D. C. Unitt, A. J. Bennett, P. Atkinson, K. Cooper, P. See, D. Gevaux, M. B. Ward, R. M. Stevenson, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
J. Opt. B: Quantum Semiclassical Opt., vol 7, pp. S129-134, 30 June 2005
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Temperature control of the polarisation of a single photon source

D. C. Unitt, A. J. Bennett, P. Atkinson, K. Cooper, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
AIP Conference Proceedings, vol 722, pp. 665-666, 30 June 2005 ISBN: 0-7354-0257-4 Edited by José Menéndez and Chris G. Van de Walle 27th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconduct ors (ICPS-27)
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Spin injection between epitaxial Co2.4Mn1.6Ga and an InGaAs quantum well

M. C. Hickey, C. D. Damsgaard, I. Farrer, S. N. Holmes, A. Husmann, J. B. Hansen, C. S. Jacobsen, D. A. Ritchie, R. F. Lee, G. A. C. Jones and M. Pepper
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 86, no 25, 252106 (3 pages), 14 June 2005
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Surface acoustic wave-induced electroluminescence intensity oscillation in planar light-emitting devices

M. Cecchini, V. Piazza, F. Beltram, D. G. Gevaux, M. B. Ward, A. J. Shields, H. E. Beere and D. A. Ritchie
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 86, no 24, 241107 (3 pages), 13 June 2005
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1.3 μm on-demand single photon source for fibre systems

M. B. Ward, O. Z. Karimov, D. C. Unitt, Z. Yuan, P. See, D. G. Gevaux, A. J. Shields, P. Atkinson and D. A. Ritchie
The European Quantum Electronics Conference 2005 (EQEC 2005), pg 267, 12 June 2005 ISBN: 0-7803-8973-5 Published by IEEE
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Telecom wavelength quantum dot single photon source

M. B. Ward, O. Z. Karimov, D. C. Unitt, Z. Yuan, P. See, D. G. Gevaux, A. J. Shields, P. Atkinson and D. A. Ritchie
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference 2005 (QELS 2005), vol 1, pp. 134-136, 22 May 2005 ISBN: 1-55752-796-2 Published by Optical Society of America
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On-demand single-photon source for 1.3 μm telecom fiber

M. B. Ward, O. Z. Karimov, D. C. Unitt, Z. L. Yuan, P. See, D. G. Gevaux, A. J. Shields, P. Atkinson and D. A. Ritchie
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 86, no 20, 201111 (3 pages), 16 May 2005
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Geometric manipulation of the high-field linear magnetoresistance in InSb epilayers on GaAs(001)

W. R. Branford, A. Husmann, S. A. Solin, S. K. Clowes, T. Zhang, Y. V. Bugoslavsky and L. F. Cohen
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 86, no 20, 202116 (3 pages), 13 May 2005
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Microcavity single-photon-emitting diode

A. J. Bennett, D. C. Unitt, P. See, A. J. Shields, P. Atkinson, K. Cooper and D. A. Ritchie
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 86, no 18, 181102 (3 pages), 2 May 2005
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Optoelectronic devices for single photon generation

A. J. Shields, A. J. Bennett, D. C. Unitt, M. B. Ward, O. Z. Karimov, P. Atkinson, P. See, D. G. Gevaux, Z. Yuan, R. M. Stevenson and D. A. Ritchie
Proceedings of SPIE, vol 5722, pp. 1-14, April 2005 Edited by Marek Osinski, Fritz Henneberger and Hiroshi Amano Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XIII (Photonics West 2005)
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Semiconductor sources of single photons and photon pairs

A. Shields and I. Abram
In "Quantum Information Processing & Communications in Europe" (9 pages), March 2005
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Efficient Single Photon Detection by Quantum Dot Resonant Tunneling Diodes

J. C. Blakesley, P. See, A. J. Shields, B. E. Kardynał, P. Atkinson, I. Farrer and D. A. Ritchie
Phys. Rev. Lett., vol 94, no 06, 067401 (4 pages), 16 February 2005
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Comment on "Secure Communication using Mesoscopic Coherent States"

Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
Phys. Rev. Lett., vol 94, no 4, 048901, 3 February 2005
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Continuous operation of a one-way quantum key distribution system over installed telecom fibre

Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
Opt. Express, vol 13, no 2, pp. 660-665, 24 January 2005
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High performance single photon sources from photolithographically defined pillar microcavities

A. J. Bennett, D. C. Unitt, P. Atkinson, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Opt. Express, vol 13, no 1, pp. 50-55, 10 January 2005
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2004

Unconditionally secure quantum key distribution over 50 km of standard telecom fibre

C. Gobby, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
Electronics Lett., vol 40, no 25, pp. 1603-1605, 9 December 2004
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High-efficiency single-photon sources based on InAs/GaAs quantum dots in pillar microcavities

A. J. Bennett, D. C. Unitt, P. Atkinson, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Physica E, vol 26, no 1–4, pp. 391-394, 1 December 2004 Edited by D. G. Austing, P. Hawrylak, D. J. Lockwood and A. S. Sachrajda International Conference on Quantum Dots (QD2004)
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Single-photon detection mechanism in a quantum dot transistor

N. S. Beattie, B. E. Kardynał, A. J. Shields, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and M. Pepper
Physica E, vol 26, no 1–4, pp. 356-360, 23 November 2004 Edited by D. G. Austing, P. Hawrylak, D. J. Lockwood and A. S. Sachrajda International Conference on Quantum Dots (QD2004)
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Photon-induced conductance steps and in situ modulation of disorder in mesoscopic electron systems

N. S. Beattie, B. E. Kardynał, A. J. Shields, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and M. Pepper
Phys. Rev. B, vol 70, no 8, 081304R (4 pages), 23 August 2004
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Lateral n–p junction for acoustoelectric nanocircuits

T. Hosey, V. Talyanskii, S. Vijendran, G. A. C. Jones, M. B. Ward, D. C. Unitt, C. E. Norman and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 85, no 3, pp. 491-493, 19 July 2004
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Quantum key distribution over 122 km of standard telecom fiber

C. Gobby, Z. L. Yuan and A. J. Shields
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 84, no 19, pp. 3762-3764, 10 May 2004
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High Resolution Study of Magnetic Ordering at Absolute Zero

M. Lee, A. Husmann, T. F. Rosenbaum and G. Aeppli
Phys. Rev. Lett., vol 92, no 18, 187201, 6 May 2004
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Time-resolved studies of single quantum dots in magnetic fields

R. M. Stevenson, R. J. Young, P. See, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Physica E, vol 21, no 2–4, pp. 381-384, 3 February 2004 Edited by Y. Arakawa, H. Ohno, K. Hirakawa and M. Tanaka Eleventh International Conference on Modulated Semiconductor Structures (MSS-11)
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Single Quantum Dot Electroluminescence near 1.3 μm

M. B. Ward, D. C. Unitt, Z. Yuan, P. See, R. M. Stevenson, K. Cooper, P. Atkinson, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Physica E, vol 21, no 2–4, pp. 390-394, 3 February 2004 Edited by Y. Arakawa, H. Ohno, K. Hirakawa and M. Tanaka Eleventh International Conference on Modulated Semiconductor Structures (MSS-11)
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Leakage current induced anomalies in the photoluminescence of GaAs coupled quantum wells

Y. Imanaka, A. J. Shields, P. Atkinson, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and M. Pepper
Phys. Status Solidi C, vol 1, no 3, pp. 612-615, 28 January 2004 8th Conference on Optics of Excitons in Confined Systems (OECS-8)
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Low-noise photon counting with a radio-frequency quantum-dot field-effect transistor

B. E. Kardynał, A. J. Shields, N. S. Beattie, I. Farrer, K. Cooper and D. A. Ritchie
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 84, no 3, pp. 419-421, 19 January 2004
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Quantum Cryptography Reaches Record Distances

A. J. Shields and Z. L. Yuan
Toshiba Review, vol 59, no 1, pp. 74-75, 2004
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2003

Optical imaging of trion diffusion and drift in GaAs quantum wells

F. Pulizzi, D. Sanvitto, P. C. M. Christianen, A. J. Shields, S. N. Holmes, M. Y. Simmons, D. A. Ritchie, M. Pepper and J. C. Maan
Phys. Rev. B, vol 68, no 20, 2053047 (9 pages), 7 November 2003
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Self-assembled quantum dots as a source of single photons and photon pairs

A. J. Shields, R. M. Stevenson, R. M. Thompson, M. B. Ward, Z. Yuan, B. E. Kardynal, P. See, I. Farrer, C. Lobo, K. Cooper and D. A. Ritchie
Phys. Status Solidi B, vol 238, no 2, pp. 353-359, 1 July 2003
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Generation of single photons and photon pairs using quantum dots

R. M. Stevenson, Z. L. Yuan, M. B. Ward, R. M. Thomson, P. See, B. E. Kardynal, A. J. Shields, I. Farrer, C. J. Lobo, K. Cooper and D. A. Ritchie
6th International Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing (ICQCMC 2003), pp. 532-535, May 2003 ISBN: 978-1-58949-030-7 Edited by Jeffrey H. Shapiro and Osamu Hir ota Published by Rinton Press, USA
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Ultrafast spin evolution in high-mobility 2DEGs

R. T. Harley, M. A. Brand, A. Malinowski, O. Z. Karimov, P. A. Marsden, A. J. Shields, D. Sanvitto, D. A. Ritchie and M. Y. Simmons
Physica E, vol 17, pp. 324-328, 25 February 2003 International Conference on Superlattices, Nano-structures and Nano-devices (ICSNN 2002)
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Uncoupled excitons in semiconductor microcavities detected in resonant Raman scattering

R. M. Stevenson, V. N. Astratov, M. S. Skolnick, J. S. Roberts and G. Hill
Phys. Rev. B, vol 67, no 8, 081301R (4 pages), 4 February 2003
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Cobalt-Based Heusler Alloys for Spin-Injection Devices

S. N. Holmes and M. Pepper
J. of Supercond., vol 16, no 1, pp. 191-194, February 2003
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High-performance planar light-emitting diodes

M. Cecchini, V. Piazza, F. Beltram, M. Lazzarino, M. B. Ward, A. J. Shields, H. E. Beere and D. A. Ritchie
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 82, no 4, pp. 636-638, 27 January 2003
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Room temperature 1.3 μm emission from self-assembled GaSb/GaAs quantum dots

I. Farrer, M. J. Murphy, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Molecular Beam Epitaxy, J. Cryst. Growth, vol 251, no 1–4, pp. 771-776, 21 January 2003
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Variable Frequency Single-Photon Emitting Diode

M. B. Ward, Z. Yuan, P. See, B. E. Kardynal, R. M. Stevenson, C. J. Lobo, K. Cooper, N. S. Beattie, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
In "Physics Of Semiconductors 2002" from Institute of Physics Conference Series 26th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors (ICPS-26), vol 171,, 5 January 2003 IS BN: 978-0-7503-0924-0, Edited by A. R. Long and J. H. Davies, Published by Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol and Philadelphia
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2002

Single photon emitting diode

M. B. Ward, Z. L. Yuan, R. M. Stevenson, B. E. Kardynal, C. J. Lobo, K. Cooper, D. A. Ritchie and A. J. Shields
Proceedings of SPIE, vol 4821, pp. 466-473, December 2002 ISBN: 0-8194-4589-4 ISSN: 0277-786X, Edited by Jennifer C. Ricklin and David G. Voelz Free-Space Laser Communication and Laser Imaging II (SPIE Annual Meeting 2002)
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Origin of the Oscillator Strength of the Triplet State of a Trion in a Magnetic Field

D. Sanvitto, D. M. Whittaker, A. J. Shields, M. Y. Simmons, D. A. Ritchie and M. Pepper
Phys. Rev. Lett., vol 89, no 24, 246805 (4 pages), 25 November 2002
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Precession and Motional Slowing of Spin Evolution in a High Mobility Two-Dimensional Electron Gas

M. A. Brand, A. Malinowski, O. Z. Karimov, P. A. Marsden, R. Harley, A. J. Shields, D. Sanvitto, D. A. Ritchie and M. Simmons
Phys. Rev. Lett., vol 89, no 23, 236601 (4 pages), 18 November 2002
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Detection of single photons using a field effect transistor with a layer of quantum dots

B. E. Kardynal, A. J. Shields, M. P. O'Sullivan, N. S. Beattie, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and K Cooper
Meas. Sci. Technol., vol 13, no 11, pp. 1721-1726, 3 October 2002
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Tunneling Spectroscopy of a Two-Dimensionally Periodic Electron System

K. R. Zolleis, C. J. B. Ford, B. Kardynal, D. A. Ritchie, E. H. Linfield, P. D. Rose and G. A. C. Jones
Phys. Rev. Lett., vol 89, no 14, 146803 (4 pages), 16 September 2002
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Quantum Logic with Light, Glass, and Mirrors

A. Shields
Science, vol 297, pp. 1821-1822, 13 September 2002
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Magnetic and electrical properties of Co2MnGa grown on GaAs(001)

S. N. Holmes and M. Pepper
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 81, no 9, pp. 1651-1653, 26 August 2002
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Quantum dots as a photon source for passive quantum key encoding

R. M. Stevenson, R. M. Thompson, A. J. Shields, I. Farrer, B. E. Kardynal, D. A. Ritchie and M. Pepper
Phys. Rev. B, vol 66, 081302R (4 pages), 6 August 2002
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Ballistic spin filtering across ferromagnet/semiconductor interfaces at room temperature

A. Hirohata, S. J. Steinmueller, W. S. Cho, Y. B. Xu, C. M. Guertler, G. Wastlbauer, J. A. C. Bland and S. N. Holmes
Phys. Rev. B, vol 66, no 3, 035330 (11 pages), 25 July 2002
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Influence of crystalline structures on the domain configurations in controlled mesoscopic ferromagnetic wire junctions

A. Hirohata, Y. B. Xu, J. A. C. Bland, S. N. Holmes, E. Cambril, Y. Chen and F. Rousseaux
J. Appl. Phys., vol 91, no 10, pp. 7308-7310, 15 May 2002
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Dynamic of Spin Triplet and Singlet Trions in a GaAs Quantum Well

D. Sanvitto, D. M. Whittaker, A. J. Shields, M. Y. Simmons, D. A. Ritchie and M. Pepper
Phys. Status Solidi A, vol 190, no 3, pp. 809-812, 24 April 2002
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Exciton complexes in individual quantum dots as a single-photon source

R. M. Stevenson, R. M. Thompson, A. J. Shields, I. Farrer, C. J. Lobo, D. A. Ritchie, M. L. Leadbeater and M. Pepper
Physica E, vol 13, no 2–4, pp. 423-426, 17 January 2002
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Electrically Driven Single-Photon Source

Z. L. Yuan, B. E. Kardynal, R. M. Stevenson, A. J. Shields, C. J. Lobo, K. Cooper, N. S. Beattie, D. A. Ritchie and M. Pepper
Science, vol 295, no 5552, pp. 102-105, 4 January 2002
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Generation of single photons using semiconductor quantum dots

A. J. Shields, R. M. Stevenson, R. M. Thompson, Z. Yuan and B. E. Kardynal
In "Nano-physics and Bio-electronics: A New Odyssey" (36 pages), 2002 ISBN: 978-0-444-50993-2, Edited by T. Chakraborty, F. Peeters and U. Sivan Published by Elsevier, Amsterdam

2001

Focused ion beam patterned Hall bars and Ohmic columns embedded in molecular-beam-epitaxial-grown GaAs/AlGaAs

S. Vijendran, P. See, A. Ahmed, H. E. Beere, G. A. C. Jones and C. E. Norman
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B, vol 19, no 6, pp. 2761-2765, November 2001
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Single-photon emission from exciton complexes in individual quantum dots

R. M. Thompson, R. M. Stevenson, A. J. Shields, I. Farrer, C. J. Lobo, D. A. Ritchie, M. L. Leadbeater and M. Pepper
Phys. Rev. B, vol 64, no 20, 201302R (4 pages), 18 October 2001
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Formation and Recombination Dynamics of Charged Excitons in a GaAs Quantum Well

D. Sanvitto, R. A. Hogg, A. J. Shields, M. Y. Simmons, D. A. Ritchie and M. Pepper
Phys. Status Solidi B, vol 227, no 2, pp. 297-306, 10 October 2001
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Observation of Charge Transport by Negatively Charged Excitons

D. Sanvitto, F. Pulizzi, A. J. Shields, P. C. M. Christianen, S. N. Holmes, M. Y. Simmons, D. A. Ritchie, J. C. Maan and M. Pepper
Science, vol 294, no 5543, pp. 837-839, 27 September 2001
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Single Photon Detection with a Quantum Dot Transistor

A. J. Shields, M. P. O'Sullivan, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie, M. L. Leadbeater, N. K. Patel, R. A. Hogg, C. E. Norman, N. J. Curson and M. Pepper
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., vol 40, Part 1, no 3B, pp. 2058-2064, 30 March 2001
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Quantum Dots Detect Single Photons

A. J. Shields and M. Pepper
Photonik (6 pages), 2001
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2000

Rapid radiative decay of charged exciton

D. Sanvitto, R. A. Hogg, A. J. Shields, D. M. Whittaker, M. Y. Simmonds, D. A. Ritchie and M. Pepper
Phys. Rev. B, vol 62, no 20, pp. 13294R-13297R, 15 November 2000
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Electroabsorption in a GaAs n-i-p-i structure with selective contacts fabricated by Focused Ion Molecular Beam Epitaxy

S. Vijendran, G. A. C. Jones, H. E. Beere and A. J. Shields
Microelectronic Eng., vol 53, no 1–4, pp. 631-634, 26 October 2000
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Detection of single photons using a field-effect transistor gated by a layer of quantum dots

A. J. Shields, M. P. O'Sullivan, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie, R. A. Hogg, M. L. Leadbeater, C. E. Norman and M. Pepper
Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 76, no 25, pp. 3673-3675, 19 June 2000
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High-frequency acousto-electic single-photon source

C. L. Foden, V. I. Talyanskii, G. J. Milburn, M. L. Leadbeater and M. Pepper
Phys. Rev. A, vol 62, 011803R (4 pages), 14 June 2000
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Optical control of the mobility of a MODFET with a layer of self-assembled quantum dots

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