Research Foci
- Solid-state Quantum Optics
- Quantum Communication
- Quantum Technologies
- Quantum Networking
- Quantum Information Processing
CV
Academic Education
- PhD in Physics (Dr. rer. nat.) - Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
- Studies of Physics (Diplom-Physiker Univ.) - Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Positions
- Professor (Full) for Experimental Quantum Technology - Universität Münster
- Research Group Leader (BMFTR Junior Research Group) - Technische Universität Berlin
- Researcher (Postdoc) - Technische Universität Berlin
- Researcher (PhD Student) - Technische Universität Berlin, Research Group Optoelectronics & Quantum Devices (Prof. Dr. Stephan Reitzenstein)
- Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (PhD Student) - Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Chair of Technische Physik (Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Alfred Forchel)
Prizes
- Lise Meitner Medal and Prize – Institute of Physics (IOP)
- Karl-Scheel-Prize (1st prize) – Berlin Physical Society (PGzB)
- Quantum Futur Junior Research Groups – Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR)
External Functions
- Berlin Scientific Society (BWG) (Member)
- Berlin Physical Society (PGzB) (Member)
- German Physical Society (DPG) (Member)
Project
- QuanTour – A Quantum Emitters Journey Around the Worlds! – QuanTour ()
Project Carried out outside University Münster
Articles in Scientific Journals, Newspapers or Magazines
- Liebisch, T. C., Kaufmann, P., Schnatz, H., Naegele-Jackson, S., Kronjäger, J., Blaum, K., Kück, S., Meschede, D., Schiller, S., Agazzi, L., Alighanbari, S., Ankerhold, J., Astakhov, G. V., Barz, S., Baumann, I., Baumgart, R., Becher, C., Bekker, H., Benson, O., Bianco, P., Bieber, R., Bloch, I., Blumröder, U., Bockholt, R., Bouman, J., Braxmaier, C., Brehm, E., Bruss, D., Budker, D., Bungartz, H.-J., Busley, E., Crespo López-Urrutia, J. R., Denz, C., Deppe, C., Dietl, G., Ding, F., Eickermann, T., Elsen, F., Ertmer, W., Filipp, S., Fischer, M., Flury, J., Fröhlich, T., Furthner, J., Gerhardt, I., Giering, K. U., Glingener, C., Grießer, H., Grimm, R., Grimm, C., Gritsch, A., Hack, F., Hänsch, T., Halfmann, T., Hanemann, A., Harlacher, D., Hegemann, N., Heindel, T., Heinkelmann, R., Hellmich, L., Hildmann, T., Hock, D., Höfling, S., Höft, B., Hofmann, H., Holleczek, P., Holzwarth, R., Hommel, W., Hühn, T., Hugentobler, U., Hunger, D., Huntemann, N., Issever, C., Jelezko, F., Jöns, K., Johann, T., Jousset, P., Jungbluth, B., Kärtner, F., Kankel, J., Kaufmann, H., Khabi, D., Kissinger, T., Klempt, C., Klügel, T., Kniggendorf, A.-K., Kodet, J., Konrad, U., Kopp, J., Kramer, M., Kremling, S., Krist, M., Krutzik, M., Kwasniok, S., Leifels, Y., Leuchs, G., Lisdat, C., Litvinov, Y., Lochter, M., van Loock, P., Lüsse, P., Manske, E., Mehlstäubler, T., Michler, P., Micke, P., Migura, M., Müller, J., Nörtershäuser, W., Pachnicke, S., Paffrath, R., Peik, E., Pempe, W., Peters, A., Pfeifer, T., Piester, D., Pohl, R., Rasel, E. M., Reiser, H., Reiserer, A., Rieck, M., Riehle, F., Ritter, S., Rogge, N., Ruiz Ben, E., Kozhiparambil Sajith, L. P., Sanchez, L., Schäfer, V., Schaefer, W., Schieferdecker, N., Schmidt, P., Schnabel, R., Schön, S., Schreiber, U., Schuck, C., Schuh, H., Schulz, H., Schulz-Zander, J., Schwanke, U., Seifert, J.-P., Sengstock, K., Shafak, K., Silberhorn, C., Smorra, C., Spethmann, N., Steiert, J., Stellmer, S., Sterr, U., Stöhlker, T., Stuhler, J., Sturm, S., Thirolf, P. G., Tobeck, C., Udem, T., Ulmer, S., Vasilyan, S., Vincent, A., Vogl, T., Vogl, R., Walther, T., Weinfurter, H., Weinheimer, C., von der Wense, L., Wickenbrock, A., Wörner, L., Wolf, F., Worm, S., Yang, Y., Zimmermann, M., & Zopf, M. (). The QTF Backbone: proposal for a nationwide optical fibre backbone in germany for quantum technology and time and frequency metrology.Preprint. European Physical Journal - Special Topics. doi: 10.1140/epjs/s11734-026-02451-3.
- Vajner, D. A., Kaymazlar, K., Drauschke, F., Rickert, L., von Helversen, M., Liu, H., Li, S., Ni, H., Niu, Z., Pappa, A., & Heindel, T. (). Single-Photon Advantage in Quantum Cryptography Beyond QKD. Nature Communications, 17, Article 2074arXiv. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-69995-9.
- Vajner, DA., Kewitz, ND., Helversen, M., Wein, SC., Karli, Y., Kappe, F., Remesh, V., Silva, S. FC., Rastelli, A., Weihs, G., Anton-Solanas, C., & Heindel, T. (). Exploring photon-number-encoded high-dimensional entanglement from a sequentially excited quantum three-level system. Optica Quantum, 3 (1), 99–110. doi: 10.1364/OPTICAQ.538134.
- Rickert, L., Vajner, DA., Helversen, M., Schall, J., Rodt, S., Reitzenstein, S., Liu, H., Li, S., Ni, H., Niu, Z., & Heindel, T. (). High Purcell Enhancement in Quantum-Dot Hybrid Circular Bragg Grating Cavities for GHz Clock Rate Generation of Indistinguishable Photons. ACS Photonics, 12 (1), 464–475. doi: 10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01873.
- Rickert, L., Żołnacz, K., Vajner, DA., Helversen, M., Rodt, S., Reitzenstein, S., Liu, H., Li, S., Ni, H., Wyborski, P., Sęk, G., Musiał, A., Niu, Z., & Heindel, T. (). A fiber-pigtailed quantum dot device generating indistinguishable photons at GHz clock-rates. Nanophotonics, 14 (11), 1795–1808. doi: 10.1515/nanoph-2024-0519.
- Holewa, P., Reiserer, A., Heindel, T., Sanguinetti, S., Huck, A., & Semenova, E. (). Solid-state single-photon sources operating in the telecom wavelength range. Nanophotonics, 14 (11), 1729–1774. doi: 10.1515/nanoph-2024-0747.
- Karli, Y., Vajner, DA., Kappe, F., Hagen, P. CA., Hansen, LM., Schwarz, R., Bracht, TK., Schimpf, C., Silva, S. FC., Walther, P., Rastelli, A., Axt, VM., Loredo, JC., Remesh, V., Heindel, T., Reiter, DE., & Weihs, G. (). Controlling the Photon Number Coherence of Solid-state Quantum Light Sources for Quantum Cryptography. npj Quantum Information, 10 (1), 17–17. doi: 10.1038/s41534-024-00811-2.
- Vajner, DA., Holewa, P., Zięba-Ostój, E., Wasiluk, M., Helversen, M., Sakanas, A., Huck, A., Yvind, K., Gregersen, N., Musiał, A., Syperek, M., Semenova, E., & Heindel, T. (). On-Demand Generation of Indistinguishable Photons in the Telecom C-Band Using Quantum Dot Devices. ACS Photonics, 11 (2), 339–347. doi: 10.1021/acsphotonics.3c00973.
- Holewa, P., Vajner, DA., Zięba-Ostój, E., Wasiluk, M., Gaál, B., Sakanas, A., Burakowski, M., Mrowiński, P., Krajnik, B., Xiong, M., Yvind, K., Gregersen, N., Musiał, A., Huck, A., Heindel, T., Syperek, M., & Semenova, E. (). High-throughput quantum photonic devices emitting indistinguishable photons in the telecom C-band. Nature Communications, 15 (1), 3358–3358. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-47551-7.
- Karli, Y., Schwarz, R., Kappe, F., Vajner, DA., Krämer, RG., Bracht, TK., Silva, SF., Richter, D., Nolte, S., Rastelli, A., Reiter, DE., Weihs, G., Heindel, T., & Remesh, V. (). Robust single-photon generation for quantum information enabled by stimulated adiabatic rapid passage. Applied Physics Letters, 125 (25), 254002–254002. doi: 10.1063/5.0241504.
- Gao, T., Helversen, Mv., Antón-Solanas, C., Schneider, C., & Heindel, T. (). Atomically-thin single-photon sources for quantum communication. npj 2D Materials and Applications, 7 (1), 4–4. doi: 10.1038/s41699-023-00366-4.
- Rickert, L., Betz, F., Plock, M., Burger, S., & Heindel, T. (). High-performance designs for fiber-pigtailed quantum-light sources based on quantum dots in electrically-controlled circular Bragg gratings. Optics Express, 31 (9), 14750–14770. doi: 10.1364/OE.486060.
- Heindel, T., Kim, J., Gregersen, N., Rastelli, A., & Reitzenstein, S. (). Quantum dots for photonic quantum information technology. Advances in Optics and Photonics, 15 (3), 613–738. doi: 10.1364/AOP.490091.
- Michl, J., Palekar, CC., Tarasenko, SA., Lohof, F., Gies, C., Helversen, M., Sailus, R., Tongay, S., Taniguchi, T., Watanabe, K., Heindel, T., Rosa, B., Rödel, M., Shubina, T., Höfling, S., Reitzenstein, S., Anton-Solanas, C., & Schneider, C. (). Intrinsic circularly polarized exciton emission in a twisted van der Waals heterostructure. Physical Review A, 105, L241406. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.105.L241406.
- Vajner, DA., Rickert, L., Gao, T., Kaymazlar, K., & Heindel, T. (). Quantum Communication Using Semiconductor Quantum Dots. Advanced Quantum Technologies, 5 (7), 1–40. doi: 10.1002/qute.202100116.
- Gao, T., Rickert, L., Urban, F., Große, J., Srocka, N., Rodt, S., Musiał, A., Żołnacz, K., Mergo, P., Dybka, K., Urbańczyk, W., Sȩk, G., Burger, S., Reitzenstein, S., & Heindel, T. (). A quantum key distribution testbed using a plug&play telecom-wavelength single-photon source. Applied Physics Reviews, 9 (1), 011412–011412. doi: 10.1063/5.0070966.
- Rickert, L., Schröder, F., Gao, T., Schneider, C., Höfling, S., & Heindel, T. (). Fiber-pigtailing quantum-dot cavity-enhanced light emitting diodes. Applied Physics Letters, 119 (13), 131104. doi: 10.1063/5.0063697.
- Bracht, TK., Cosacchi, M., Seidelmann, T., Cygorek, M., Vagov, A., Axt, VM., Heindel, T., & Reiter, DE. (). Swing-Up of Quantum Emitter Population Using Detuned Pulses. PRX Quantum, 2, 040354–040354. doi: 10.1103/PRXQuantum.2.040354.
- Rodt, S., Reitzenstein, S., & Heindel, T. (). Deterministically fabricated solid-state quantum-light sources. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 32, 153003–153003. doi: 10.1088/1361-648x/ab5e15.
- Schmidt, M., Helversen, M., Fischbach, S., Kaganskiy, A., Schmidt, R., Schliwa, A., Heindel, T., Rodt, S., & Reitzenstein, S. (). Deterministically fabricated spectrally-tunable quantum dot based single-photon source. Optical Materials Express, 10 (1), 76–76. doi: 10.1364/ome.10.000076.
- Kupko, T., Helversen, M., Rickert, L., Schulze, J., Strittmatter, A., Gschrey, M., Rodt, S., Reitzenstein, S., & Heindel, T. (). Tools for the performance optimization of single-photon quantum key distribution. npj Quantum Information, 6 (1), 29–29. doi: 10.1038/s41534-020-0262-8.
- Srocka, N., Mrowiński, P., Große, J., Helversen, M., Heindel, T., Rodt, S., & Reitzenstein, S. (). Deterministically fabricated quantum dot single-photon source emitting indistinguishable photons in the telecom O-band. Applied Physics Letters, 116 (23), 231104–231104. doi: 10.1063/5.0010436.
- Georgieva, H., L{ó}}pez, M., Hofer, H., Christinck, J., Rodiek, B., Schnauber, P., Kaganskiy, A., Heindel, T., Rodt, S., Reitzenstein, S., & Kück, S. (). Radiometric characterization of a triggered narrow-bandwidth single-photon source and its use for the calibration of silicon single-photon avalanche detectors. Metrologia, 57 (5), 055001–055001. doi: 10.1088/1681-7575/ab9db6.
- Helversen, M., Böhm, J., Schmidt, M., Gschrey, M., J, .-., Schulze, Strittmatter, A., Rodt, S., Beyer, J., Heindel, T., & Reitzenstein, S. (). Quantum Metrology of Solid-State Single-Photon Sources using Photon-Number-Resolving Detectors. New Journal of Physics, 21, 035007–035007. doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/ab0609.
- Bremer, L., Fischbach, S., Park, S., Rodt, S., Song, J., Heindel, T., & Reitzenstein, S. (). Cesium-Vapor-Based Delay of Single Photons Emitted by Deterministically Fabricated Quantum Dot Microlenses. Advanced Quantum Technologies, 3, 1900071. doi: 10.1002/qute.201900071.
- Rickert, L., Kupko, T., Rodt, S., Reitzenstein, S., & Heindel, T. (). Optimized designs for telecom-wavelength quantum light sources based on hybrid circular Bragg gratings. Optics Express, 27 (25), 36824–36824. doi: 10.1364/oe.27.036824.
- Kaganskiy, A., Gericke, F., Heuser, T., Heindel, T., Porte, X., & Reitzenstein, S. (). Micropillars with a controlled number of site-controlled quantum dots. Applied Physics Letters, 112 (7), 071101–071101. doi: 10.1063/1.5017692.
- Schlehahn, A., Fischbach, S., Schmidt, R., Kaganskiy, A., Strittmatter, A., Rodt, S., Heindel, T., & Reitzenstein, S. (). A stand-alone fiber-coupled single-photon source. Scientific Reports, 8 (1), 1340–1340. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-19049-4.
- Gericke, F., Segnon, M., Helversen, M., Hopfmann, C., Heindel, T., Schneider, C., Höfling, S., Kamp, M., Musiał, A., Porte, X., Gies, C., & Reitzenstein, S. (). Controlling the gain contribution of background emitters in few-quantum-dot microlasers. New Journal of Physics, 20 (2), 023036–023036. doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/aaa477.
- Schmidt, M., Helversen, M., López, M., Gericke, F., Schlottmann, E., Heindel, T., Kück, S., Reitzenstein, S., & Beyer, J. (). Photon-Number-Resolving Transition-Edge Sensors for the Metrology of Quantum Light Sources. Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 193, 1243–1243. doi: 10.1007/s10909-018-1932-1.
- Schnauber, P., Schall, J., Bounouar, S., Höhne, T., Park, S., Ryu, G., Heindel, T., Burger, S., Song, J., Rodt, S., & Reitzenstein, S. (). Deterministic Integration of Quantum Dots into on-Chip Multimode Interference Beamsplitters Using in Situ Electron Beam Lithography. Nano Letters, 18 (4), 2336–2342. doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b05218.
- Kaganskiy, A., Fischbach, S., Strittmatter, A., Rodt, S., Heindel, T., & Reitzenstein, S. (). Enhancing the photon-extraction efficiency of site-controlled quantum dots by deterministically fabricated microlenses. Optics Communications, 413, 162–166. doi: 10.1016/j.optcom.2017.12.032.
- Thoma, A., Schnauber, P., Böhm, J., Gschrey, M., Schulze, J., Strittmatter, A., Rodt, S., Heindel, T., & Reitzenstein, S. (). Two-photon interference from remote deterministic quantum dot microlenses. Applied Physics Letters, 110 (1), 011104–011104. doi: 10.1063/1.4973504.
- Gies, C., Gericke, F., Gartner, P., Holzinger, S., Hopfmann, C., Heindel, T., Wolters, J., Schneider, C., Florian, M., Jahnke, F., Höfling, S., Kamp, M., & Reitzenstein, S. (). Strong light-matter coupling in the presence of lasing. Physical Review A, 96, 023806–023806. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.96.023806.
- Munnelly, P., Lingnau, B., Karow, MM., Heindel, T., Kamp, M., Höfling, S., Lüdge, K., Schneider, C., & Reitzenstein, S. (). On-chip optoelectronic feedback in a micropillar laser-detector assembly. Optica, 4 (3), 303–306. doi: 10.1364/OPTICA.4.000303.
- Munnelly, P., Heindel, T., Thoma, A., Kamp, M., Höfling, S., Schneider, C., & Reitzenstein, S. (). Electrically Tunable Single-Photon Source Triggered by a Monolithically Integrated Quantum Dot Microlaser. ACS Photonics, 4 (4), 790–794. doi: 10.1021/acsphotonics.7b00119.
- Fischbach, S., Kaganskiy, A., Tauscher, E. BY., Gericke, F., Thoma, A., Schmidt, R., Strittmatter, A., Heindel, T., Rodt, S., & Reitzenstein, S. (). Efficient single-photon source based on a deterministically fabricated single quantum dot - microstructure with backside gold mirror. Applied Physics Letters, 111 (1), 011106–011106. doi: 10.1063/1.4991389.
- Fischbach, S., Schlehahn, A., Thoma, A., Srocka, N., Gissibl, T., Ristok, S., Thiele, S., Kaganskiy, A., Strittmatter, A., Heindel, T., Rodt, S., Herkommer, A., Giessen, H., & Reitzenstein, S. (). Single Quantum Dot with Microlens and 3D-Printed Micro-objective as Integrated Bright Single-Photon Source. ACS Photonics, 4 (6), 1327–1332. doi: 10.1021/acsphotonics.7b00253.
- Heindel, T., Thoma, A., Schwartz, I., Schmidgall, ER., Gantz, L., Cogan, D., Strauß, M., Schnauber, P., Gschrey, M., Schulze, J., Strittmatter, A., Rodt, S., Gershoni, D., & Reitzenstein, S. (). Accessing the dark exciton spin in deterministic quantum-dot microlenses. APL Photonics, 2 (12), 121303–121303. doi: 10.1063/1.5004147.
- Heindel, T., Thoma, A., Helversen, M., Schmidt, M., Schlehahn, A., Gschrey, M., Schnauber, P., Schulze, J., Strittmatter, A., Beyer, J., Rodt, S., Carmele, A., Knorr, A., & Reitzenstein, S. (). A bright triggered twin-photon source in the solid state. Nature Communications, 8, 14870–14870. doi: 10.1038/ncomms14870.
- Gaisler, VA., Derebezov, IA., Gaisler, AV., Dmitriev, DV., Toropov, AI., Fischbach, S., Schlehahn, S., Kaganskiy, A., Heindel, T., Bounouar, S., Rodt, S., & Reitzenstein, S. (). Hybrid microcavity for superminiature single quantum dot based emitters. Optoelectronics, Instrumentation and Data Processing (English translation of Avtometriya), 53 (2), 178–183. doi: 10.3103/S875669901702011X.
- Schlehahn, A., Thoma, A., Munnelly, P., Kamp, M., Höfling, S., Heindel, T., Schneider, C., & Reitzenstein, S. (). An electrically driven cavity-enhanced source of indistinguishable photons with 61% overall efficiency. APL Photonics, 1 (1), 011301–011301. doi: 10.1063/1.4939831.
- Schlehahn, A., Schmidt, R., Hopfmann, C., Schulze, J., Strittmatter, A., Heindel, T., Gantz, L., Schmidgall, ER., Gershoni, D., & Reitzenstein, S. (). Generating single photons at gigahertz modulation-speed using electrically controlled quantum dot microlenses. Applied Physics Letters, 108 (2), 021104–021104. doi: 10.1063/1.4939658.
- Thoma, A., Schnauber, P., Gschrey, M., Seifried, M., Wolters, J., Schulze, J., Strittmatter, A., Rodt, S., Carmele, A., Knorr, A., Heindel, T., & Reitzenstein, S. (). Exploring Dephasing of a Solid-State Quantum Emitter via Time- and Temperature-Dependent Hong-Ou-Mandel Experiments. Physical Review Letters, 116 (3), 033601–033601. doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.116.033601.
- Karow, MM., Munnelly, P., Heindel, T., Kamp, M., Höfling, S., Schneider, C., & Reitzenstein, S. (). On-chip light detection using monolithically integrated quantum dot micropillars. Applied Physics Letters, 108 (8), 081110–081110. doi: 10.1063/1.4942650.
- Schnauber, P., Thoma, A., Heine, CV., Schlehahn, A., Gantz, L., Gschrey, M., Schmidt, R., Hopfmann, C., Wohlfeil, B., Schulze, J., Strittmatter, S., Heindel, T., Rodt, S., Woggon, U., Gershoni, D., & Reitzenstein, S. (). Bright Single-Photon Sources Based on Anti-Reflection Coated Deterministic Quantum Dot Microlenses. Technologies, 4 (1), 1–1. doi: 10.3390/technologies4010001.
- Kaganskiy, A., Gschrey, M., Schlehahn, A., Schmidt, R., Schulze, J., Heindel, T., Strittmatter, A., Rodt, S., & Reitzenstein, S. (). Advanced in-situ electron-beam lithography for deterministic nanophotonic device processing. Review of Scientific Instruments, 86 (7), 073903–073903. doi: 10.1063/1.4926995.
- Musiał, A., Hopfmann, C., Heindel, T., Gies, C., Florian, M., Leymann, H. AM., Foerster, A., Schneider, C., Jahnke, F., Höfling, S., Kamp, M., & Reitzenstein, S. (). Correlations between axial and lateral emission of coupled quantum dot-micropillar cavities. Physical Review B, 91, 205310–205310. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.91.205310.
- Schlehahn, A., Krüger, L., Gschrey, M., Schulze, J., Rodt, S., Strittmatter, A., Heindel, T., & Reitzenstein, S. (). Operating single quantum emitters with a compact Stirling cryocooler. Review of Scientific Instruments, 86 (1), 013113–013113. doi: 10.1063/1.4906548.
- Schlehahn, A., Gaafar, M., Vaupel, M., Gschrey, M., Schnauber, P., Schulze, J., Rodt, S., Strittmatter, A., Stolz, W., Rahimi-Iman, A., Heindel, T., Koch, M., & Reitzenstein, S. (). Single-photon emission at a rate of 143 MHz from a deterministic quantum-dot microlens triggered by a mode-locked vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting laser. Applied Physics Letters, 107 (4), 041105–041105. doi: 10.1063/1.4927429.
- Schmidgall, ER., Schwartz, I., Cogan, D., Gantz, L., Heindel, T., Reitzenstein, S., & Gershoni, D. (). All-optical depletion of dark excitons from a semiconductor quantum dot. Applied Physics Letters, 106 (19), 193101–193101. doi: 10.1063/1.4921000.
- Gschrey, M., Thoma, A., Schnauber, P., Seifried, M., Schmidt, R., Wohlfeil, B., Krüger, L., Schulze, J., Heindel, T., Burger, S., Schmidt, F., Strittmatter, A., Rodt, S., & Reitzenstein, S. (). Highly indistinguishable photons from deterministic quantum-dot microlenses utilizing three-dimensional in situ electron-beam lithography. Nature Communications, 6, 7662–7662. doi: 10.1038/ncomms8662.
- Munnelly, P., Heindel, T., Karow, MM., Höfling, S., Kamp, M., Schneider, C., & Reitzenstein, S. (). A Pulsed Nonclassical Light Source Driven by an Integrated Electrically Triggered Quantum Dot Microlaser. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 21 (6), 681–689. doi: 10.1109/jstqe.2015.2418219.
- Rau, M., Heindel, T., Unsleber, S., Braun, T., Fischer, J., Frick, S., Nauerth, S., Schneider, C., Vest, G., Reitzenstein, S., Kamp, M., Forchel, A., Höfling, S., & Weinfurter, H. (). Free space quantum key distribution over 500 meters using electrically driven quantum dot single-photon sources - a proof of principle experiment. New Journal of Physics, 16 (4), 043003–043003. doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/16/4/043003.
- Gschrey, M., Gericke, F., Schüßler, A., Schmidt, R., Schulze, J., Heindel, T., Rodt, S., Strittmatter, A., & Reitzenstein, S. (). In situ electron-beam lithography of deterministic single-quantum-dot mesa-structures using low-temperature cathodoluminescence spectroscopy. Applied Physics Letters, 102 (25), 251113–251113. doi: 10.1063/1.4812343.
- Schneider, C., Heindel, T., Huggenberger, A., Niederstrasser, TA., Reitzenstein, S., Forchel, A., Höfling, S., & Kamp, M. (). Microcavity enhanced single photon emission from an electrically driven site-controlled quantum dot. Applied Physics Letters, 100 (9), 091108–091108. doi: 10.1063/1.3689782.
- Heindel, T., Kessler, CA., Rau, M., Schneider, C., Fürst, M., Hargart, F., Schulz, W., Eichfelder, M., Roßbach, R., Nauerth, S., Lermer, M., Weier, H., Jetter, M., Kamp, M., Reitzenstein, S., Höfling, S., Michler, P., Weinfurter, H., & Forchel, A. (). Quantum key distribution using quantum dot single-photon emitting diodes in the red and near infrared spectral range. New Journal of Physics, 14 (8), 083001–083001. doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/14/8/083001.
- Unrau, W., Quandt, D., Schulze, J., Heindel, T., Germann, TD., Hitzemann, O., Strittmatter, A., Reitzenstein, S., Pohl, UW., & Bimberg, D. (). Electrically driven single photon source based on a site-controlled quantum dot with self-aligned current injection. Applied Physics Letters, 101 (21), 211119–211119. doi: 10.1063/1.4767525.
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