• DocumentCode
    2086423
  • Title

    Efficient conditional preparation of single photons for scalable quantum-optical networking

  • Author

    U´Ren, Alfred B. ; Silberhorn, Christine ; Banaszek, Konrad ; Walmsley, Ian A.

  • Author_Institution
    Clarendon Lab., Oxford Univ.
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    21-21 May 2004
  • Firstpage
    596
  • Lastpage
    598
  • Abstract
    A prerequisite for practical quantum information processing is an efficient source of high-fidelity single photons. We report single photon preparation with a conditional detection efficiency exceeding 51% and detection rate of up to 8.5 times 105 counts/[smiddotmW]
  • Keywords
    optical frequency conversion; optical information processing; optical waveguides; photodetectors; photon counting; detection efficiency; detection rate; quantum information processing; scalable quantum-optical networking; single photons preparation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-778-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1366908