A fiber-pigtailed quantum dot device generating indistinguishable photons at GHz clock-rates

Solid-state quantum light sources based on semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are increasingly employed in photonic quantum information applications. Especially when moving towards real-world scenarios outside shielded lab environments, the efficient and robust coupling of nanophotonic devices to single-mode optical fibers offers substantial advantage by enabling “plug-and-play” operation. In this work we present a fiber-pigtailed cavity-enhanced source of flying qubits emitting single indistinguishable photons at clock-rates exceeding 1 GHz. This is achieved by employing a fully deterministic technique for fiber-pigtailing optimized QD-devices based on hybrid circular Bragg grating (hCBG) micro-cavities. The fabricated fiber-pigtailed hCBGs feature emission lifetimes of <80 ${< } 80$ ps, corresponding to a Purcell factor of ∼9, a suppression of multi-photon emission events with g (2)(0) < 1 %, a photon-indistinguishability >80 ${ >} 80$ % and a measured single-photon coupling efficiency of 53 % in a high numerical aperture single-mode fiber, corresponding to 1.2 Megaclicks per second at the single-photon detectors under 80 MHz excitation clock-rates. Furthermore, we show that high multi-photon suppression and indistinguishability prevail for excitation clock-rates exceeding 1 GHz. Our results show that Purcell-enhanced fiber-pigtailed quantum light sources based on hCBG cavities are a prime candidate for applications of quantum information science.