Micro-scale photon source in a hybrid cQED system

Coherent photon source is an important element that has been widely used in spectroscopy, imaging, detection, and teleportation in quantum optics. However, it is still a challenge to realize micro-scale coherent emitters in semiconductor systems. We report the observation of gain in a cavity-coupled GaAs double quantum dot system with a voltage bias across the device. By characterizing and analyzing the cavity responses to different quantum dot behaviors, we distinguish the microwave photon emission from the signal gain. This study provides a possibility to realize micro-scale amplifiers or coherent microwave photon sources in circuit quantum electrodynamics (cQED) hybrid systems.