Germanium-based quantum emitters for time-reordering entanglement scheme with degenerate exciton and biexciton states

Abstract

We address the photoluminescence emission of individual germanium extrinsic centers in Al_0.3Ga0.7As epilayers grown on germanium substrates. Through a thorough analysis of micro-photoluminescence experiments we demonstrate the capability of high temperature emission (70 K) and multiexcitonic features (neutral exciton X, biexciton XX, positive X+ and negative X- charged exciton) of these quantum emitters. Finally, we investigate the renormalization of each energy level showing a large and systematic change of the binding energy of XX and X+ from positive to negative values (from ~+5 meV up to ~-7 meV covering about ~ 70 meV of the emission energy) with increasing quantum confinement. These light emitters exhibiting energy-degenerate X and XX energy levels at ~1.855 eV (680 nm) are a promising resource for the generation of entangled photons in the time-reordering scheme on a silicon platform.