Photonics RussiaPhotonics RussiaФотоника1993-72962686-844XTechnosphera JSC68291710.22184/1993-7296.FRos.2025.19.3.232.246Quantum TechnologiesКвантовые технологииReview ArticleSingle Photon Sources. Review Part 4Источники одиночных фотонов. Обзор Часть 4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6063-2657KrishtopVladimir G.КриштопВладимир Григорьевич
Russian Federation

Cand. of Sciences (Phys.&Math.)

к.ф.-м.н.

vladimir.krishtop@infotecs.ruJSC “InfoTeСS”АО «ИнфоТеКС»Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT)Московский физико-технический институт (МФТИ)Institute of Microelectronics Technology and High Purity Materials RASИнститут проблем технологии микроэлектроники РАН05062025193180-2462322460406202504062025Copyright ©; 2025, Krishtop V.G.Copyright ©; 2025, Криштоп В.Г.2025Krishtop V.G.Криштоп В.Г.https://journals.eco-vector.com/1993-7296/article/view/682917

This review discusses various development methods for the single-photon sources (SPS).Earlier, the first part of the review (Photonics Russia. 2024; 18(5): 376–396) has discussed the requirements for single-photon sources and their characteristic criteria, and described the single-photon sources based on the single ions and single atoms. The second part of the review (Photonics Russia. 2024; 18(8): 610–620) has considered the SPSs based on the quantum dots and on the color centers in crystals. The third part (Photonics Russia. 2025; 19(1): 28–38) has considered the single-photon sources based on the carbon nanotubes and defects in them (defect engineering in nanotubes), on the nanocrystals and layered nanocrystals. The final section examines the single-photon sources on the collective states in the ensemble systems, on the single molecules and metal ions in a polymer matrix, as well as the sources on nonlinear crystals.

В данном обзоре рассматриваются различные способы создания однофотонных источников (ИОФ). Ранее в первой части обзора (Photonics Russia. 2024; 18(5): 376–396) обсуждались требования к однофотонным источникам и критерии их характеризации, описывались источники одиночных фотонов на основе одиночных ионов и на основе одиночных атомов. Во второй части обзора (Photonics Russia. 2024; 18(8): 610–620) были рассмотрены ИОФ на квантовых точках и на центрах окраски в кристаллах. В третьей части (Photonics Russia. 2025; 19(1): 28–38) рассмотрены однофотонные источники на углеродных нанотрубках и дефектах в них (инженерия дефектов в нанотрубках), на нанокристаллах и слоистых нанокристаллах. В заключительной части рассмотрены однофотонные источники на коллективных состояниях в ансамблевых системах, на одиночных молекулах и ионах металлов в полимерной матрице, а также источники на нелинейных кристаллах.

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