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Single epitaxial quantum dots (QDs) embedded in nanophotonic geometries are a leading technology for quantum light generation. However, efficiently coupling their emission into a single mode fiber or Gaussian beam often remains challenging. Here, we use direct laser writing (DLW) to address this challenge by fabricating 1 $\mu$m diameter polymer nanowires (PNWs) in-contact-with and perpendicular-to a QD-containing GaAs layer. QD emission is coupled to the PNW's HE$_{11}$ waveguide mode, enhancing collection efficiency into a single-mode fiber. PNW fabrication does not alter the QD device layer, making PNWs well-suited for augmenting preexisting in-plane geometries. We study standalone PNWs and PNWs in conjunction with metallic nanoring devices that have been previously established for increasing extraction of QD emission. We report methods that mitigate standing wave reflections and heat, caused by GaAs's absorption/reflection of the lithography beam, which otherwise prevent PNW fabrication. We observe a factor of $(3.0 \pm 0.7)\times$ improvement in a nanoring system with a PNW compared to the same system without a PNW, in line with numerical results, highlighting the PNW's ability to waveguide QD emission and increase collection efficiency simultaneously. These results demonstrate new DLW functionality in service of quantum emitter photonics that maintains compatibility with existing top-down fabrication approaches., Comment: Comments welcomed

Rabi oscillations of a two-level atom appear as a quantum interference effect between the amplitudes associated with atomic superpositions, in analogy with the classic double-slit experiment which manifests a sinusoidal interference pattern. By extension, through direct detection of time-resolved resonance fluorescence from a quantum-dot neutral exciton driven in the Rabi regime, we experimentally demonstrate triple-slit-type quantum interference via quantum erasure in a V-type three-level artificial atom. This result is of fundamental interest in the experimental studies of the properties of V-type three-level systems and may pave the way for further insight into their coherence properties as well as applications for quantum information schemes. It also suggests quantum dots as candidates for multipath-interference experiments for probing foundational concepts in quantum physics.