Title :
Temporal shaping of a heralded single-photon wave packet
Author :
Baek, So-Young ; Kwon, Osung ; Kim, Yoon-Ho
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Pohang Univ. of Sci. & Technol. (POSTECH), Pohang
Abstract :
We report the temporal shaping and nonlocal control of a heralded single-photon wave packet, conditionally prepared by detecting the idler trigger photon of the signal-idler photon pair born in the process of spontaneous parametric down-conversion.
Keywords :
optical information processing; optical parametric devices; optical signal detection; quantum interference phenomena; quantum optics; spontaneous emission; idler trigger photon detection; nonlocal control; signal-idler photon pair; single-photon wave packet; spontaneous parametric down-conversion process; temporal shaping; Chirp; Interference; Mirrors; Optical interferometry; Optical propagation; Photonic crystals; Photonics Society; Shape control; Shape measurement; Signal processing; (270.4180) Multiphoton processes; (270.5585) Quantum information and processing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
