| Author(s): |
Alan L. Migdall; Sergey V. Polyakov; Marco Genovese; Fabrizio Piacentini; I. Ruo Berchera; Ivo P. Degiovanni; Giorgio Brida; |
| Title: |
Experimental realization of a low-noise heralded single photon source |
| Published: |
January 17, 2011 |
| Abstract: |
We present a heralded single-photon source with a much lower level of unwanted background photons in the output channel by using the herald photon to control a shutter in the heralded channel. The shutter is implemented using a simple field programmable gate array controlled optical switch. |
| Citation: |
Optics Express |
| Volume: |
19 |
| Pages: |
pp. 1484 - 1492 |
| Keywords: |
single photon; single photon source; quantum information; fast optical switch; noise; radiometry |
| Research Areas: |
Optical Metrology, Single Photon Sources, Correlated Photon Radiometry, Quantum Information Technology |
| PDF version: |
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