• DocumentCode
    1678584
  • Title

    Synchronizing single photons with quantum memories

  • Author

    Nunn, Josh ; Langford, Nathan K. ; Champion, Tessa ; Sprague, Michael R. ; Michelberger, Patrick S. ; Lee, Ka Chung ; Jin, Xian-Min ; England, Duncan ; Kolthammer, W. Steven ; Walmsley, Ian A.

  • Author_Institution
    Clarendon Lab., Univ. of Oxford, Oxford, UK
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Without deterministic single photon sources, multiphoton rates fall exponentially with the number of photons required, making practical photonics unfeasible. We show how quantum memories improve multiphoton rates by many orders of magnitude.
  • Keywords
    optical storage; quantum computing; synchronisation; multiphoton rates; quantum memories; single photon sources; synchronization; Bars; Optical pulses; Optical sensors; Photonics; Synchronization; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326597