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Experimental realization of a low-noise heralded single photon source

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Author(s)

Alan L. Migdall, Sergey V. Polyakov, Marco Genovese, Fabrizio Piacentini, I. Ruo Berchera, Ivo P. Degiovanni, Giorgio Brida

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

Keywords

single photon, single photon source, quantum information, fast optical switch, noise, radiometry

Citation

Migdall, A. , Polyakov, S. , Genovese, M. , Piacentini, F. , Ruo, I. , Degiovanni, I. and Brida, G. (2011), Experimental realization of a low-noise heralded single photon source, Optics Express, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=906225 (Accessed March 29, 2024)
Created January 17, 2011, Updated February 19, 2017