# Ground State Resonant Two-Photon Transitions in Wurtzite GaN/AlN Quantum Dots

## TL;DR

This paper investigates two-photon transitions in wurtzite GaN/AlN quantum dots, revealing mechanisms for deterministic single-photon emission and validating computational models with experimental data.

## Contribution

It demonstrates the ground state two-photon transition mechanism enabled by electron-hole separation and parity breaking in polar wurtzite quantum dots, advancing quantum photonics.

## Key findings

- Two-photon transition rates are resonant with the ground state.
- Radiative lifetimes match experimental micro-photoluminescence data.
- Potential for cavity-enhanced two-photon emission.

## Abstract

Two-photon transition rates are investigated in resonance to the ground state in wurtzite GaN/AlN quantum dots. The ground state transition is two-photon allowed because of the electron-hole separation inherent to polar wurtzite III-nitride heterostructures. We show that this built-in parity breaking mechanism can allow deterministic triggering of single-photon emission via coherent two-photon excitation. Radiative lifetimes obtained for single-photon relaxation are in good agreement with available time-resolved micro-photoluminescence experiments, indicating the reliability of the employed computational framework based on 8-band k.p-wavefunctions. Two-photon singly-induced emission is explored in terms of possible cavity and non-degeneracy enhancement of two-photon processes.