• DocumentCode
    2887410
  • Title

    Heralded single photon source for quantum cryptography at 1550 nm

  • Author

    Soujaeff, Alexandre ; Takeuchi, Shigeki ; Sasaki, Keiji ; Hasegawa, Toshio ; Matsui, Mitsuru

  • Author_Institution
    Japan Sci. & Technol. Agency, Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    12-17 June 2005
  • Firstpage
    285
  • Abstract
    The paper proposes on the use of non degenerate parametric downconversion PDC in BBO crystal to realize a heralded single photon source. Downconverted photons wavelength can be chosen using phase matching condition.
  • Keywords
    barium compounds; optical frequency conversion; optical materials; optical phase matching; quantum cryptography; quantum optics; 1550 nm; BBO crystal; BaB2O4; parametric downconversion; phase matching; quantum cryptography; single photon source; Cryptography; Detectors; Diode lasers; Information technology; Laser excitation; Lenses; Photonic crystals; Probability; Pump lasers; Research and development;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference, 2005. EQEC '05. European
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8973-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EQEC.2005.1567451
  • Filename
    1567451