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Towards Improved End-to-End System Efficiency of Photon Pair systems
Published
Author(s)
Alexander E. Ling, Alan L. Migdall, Jingyun Fan
Abstract
We report on our efforts in integrating a source and detection system of photon pairs that have a high end-to-end system efficiency. This requires combining appropriate detectors and photon pair sources. Preliminary measurements show that an observed heralding efficiency of 65% for single photons is readily achieved.
Ling, A.
, Migdall, A.
and Fan, J.
(2010),
Towards Improved End-to-End System Efficiency of Photon Pair systems, SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications , San Diego, CA, US, [online], https://doi.org/10.1117/12.860562, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=905926
(Accessed October 11, 2025)