Topological photonics for single-photon sources

Fei Ding

doi:10.1038/s41377-025-02068-6

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- Topological photonics for single-photon sources
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 15, Issue 1, Pages: 3-5(2026)
- Affiliations：
  
  Institut für Festkörperphysik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Appelstraße 2, 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Author bio：
  
  Fei Ding (fei.ding@fkp.uni-hannover.de)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-025-02068-6
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- Published Online：01 January 2026，
  
  Published：31 January 2026
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Ding, F. Topological photonics for single-photon sources. Light: Science & Applications, 15, 3-5 (2026).
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Ding, F. Topological photonics for single-photon sources. Light: Science & Applications, 15, 3-5 (2026). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-025-02068-6.

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Abstract

The pursuit of high-quality single-photon sources has long been hampered by challenges in improving the performance and robustness. While traditional microcavity structures can achieve impressive performance

they suffer from extreme sensitivity to manufacturing uncertainty

structural disorders

and scatterings. Topological photonics potentially offers a powerful toolbox for solving these problems. A recent breakthrough by researchers from the Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences

published in

Light: Science & Applications

exploits a topological bulk state rather than the already reported edge and corner states to enhance the single photon emission for a quantum dot.

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