Precision of the acoustic control of single-photon scattering with semiconductor quantum dots
Rafał A. Bogaczewicz and Paweł Machnikowski
Acoustic modulation of quantum dots (QDs) allows one to control the scattering of photons. We formulate the theory of low-intensity resonance fluorescence (RF) in the presence of noise and show that a high level of control is achievable with a two-tone acoustic field as long as the noise-induced phase diffusion coefficient remains one order of magnitude smaller than the acoustic frequency. In addition, we determine that the acoustic phase must be stable over 104 to 105 acoustic periods for efficient control.