Preface; Contents; Contributors; Part I Theory of Light-Matter Interaction; 1 Theory of Quantum Light Sources and Cavity-QED Emitters Based on Semiconductor Quantum Dots; 1.1 Introduction; 1.1.1 QDs Coupled to the Quantized Light Field; 1.1.2 Characterization of Light; 1.2 Emission of Single and Few-QD Microcavity Systems; 1.2.1 Single Photons from a Single and Few QDs in a Cavity; 1.2.2 Lasing in the Presence of Strong Coupling in a Few-QD System; 1.2.3 Cavity-Enhanced Emission of Entangled Photon Pairs; 1.2.4 Single Photons from an Electrical Source with Long Pulses 1.3 Carrier Scattering and Dephasing1.4 Non-resonant QD-cavity Coupling; 1.4.1 Phonon-Assisted Non-resonant Coupling; 1.4.2 Non-resonant Coupling Mediated by Multi-exciton Transitions; 1.4.3 Coulomb-Assisted Non-resonant Coupling; 1.5 Superradiant Emitter Coupling of Quantum Dots in Optical Resonators; 1.6 Summary and Outlook; References; 2 Theory of Phonon Dressed Light-Matter Interactions and Resonance Fluorescence in Quantum Dot Cavity Systems; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 General Theory for a Single QD Exciton with Exciton-Phonon and Exciton-Photon Interactions 2.2.1 Polaron Master Equation for a QD Exciton in a General Photonic Reservoir2.2.2 Spectrum Definitions; 2.3 Phonon-Modified Spontaneous Emission and the Breakdown of Fermi's Golden Rule; 2.3.1 Lorentzian Cavity; 2.3.2 Slow-Light Coupled-Cavity Waveguide; 2.4 Independent Boson Model Lineshape with a Broadened Zero Phonon Line; 2.5 Cavity-QED Polaron Master Equation: Vacuum Rabi Splitting and Cavity-Assisted Feeding; 2.5.1 Phonon Dressed Vacuum Rabi Splitting; 2.5.2 Off-Resonant Cavity Feeding; 2.6 Coherent Driving and Nonlinear Excitation 2.6.1 Photoluminescence Lineshapes and Phonon-Mediated Population Inversion2.6.2 Phonon-Dressed Mollow Triplets; 2.7 Conclusions and Outlook; References; Part II Excitons and Single Photon Emission; 3 Resonantly Excited Quantum Dots: Superior Non-classical Light Sources for Quantum Information; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Fundamental Optical Properties of Photons: Coherence, Purity, Indistinguishability and Entanglement; 3.3 Resonant QD Excitation Methods for Exciton and Biexciton; 3.3.1 Sources of Decoherence; 3.3.2 CW-pumping Methods: Low, Medium and High Excitation Powers 3.3.3 Pulsed Resonant Pumping of the Exciton3.3.4 Adiabatic Rapid Passage; 3.3.5 Spin-Flip Raman Transition; 3.3.6 Two-Photon Excitation of the Biexciton; 3.4 Phonon-Assisted Excitation Methods for Exciton and Biexciton; 3.4.1 Phonon-Assisted Exciton Excitation; 3.4.2 Phonon-Assisted Biexciton Excitation; 3.5 Summary and Outlook; References; 4 Coherent Control of Dark Excitons in Semiconductor Quantum Dots; 4.1 Bright and Dark Excitons in Quantum Dots; 4.1.1 The Optical Activity and Oscillator Strength of the Dark Exciton; 4.2 The Dark Exciton as a Spin Qubit; 4.3 Experimental Techniques

This book highlights the most recent developments in quantum dot spin physics and the generation of deterministic superior non-classical light states with quantum dots. In particular, it addresses single quantum dot spin manipulation, spin-photon entanglement and the generation of single-photon and entangled photon pair states with nearly ideal properties. The role of semiconductor microcavities, nanophotonic interfaces as well as quantum photonic integrated circuits is emphasized. The latest theoretical and experimental studies of phonon-dressed light matter interaction, single-dot lasing and resonance fluorescence in QD cavity systems are also provided. The book is written by the leading experts in the field.