• DocumentCode
    500341
  • Title

    Narrowband all-fibre source of heralded single photons

  • Author

    McMillan, A.R. ; Fulconis, J. ; Haider, Masoom ; Rarity, J.G. ; Wadsworth, W.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Centre for Photonics & Photonic Mater., Univ. of Bath, Bath, UK
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate an all-fibre source of near time-bandwidth limited, heralded single photons at 1570 nm. An output of 9.2 times 104 heralded photons per second was achieved with a heralding fidelity of 52%.
  • Keywords
    optical fibres; quantum optics; all-fibre source; fidelity; heralded single photons; near time-bandwidth limited; wavelength 1570 nm; Bandwidth; Bragg gratings; Delay; Fiber gratings; Fiber nonlinear optics; Filtering; Indium gallium arsenide; Narrowband; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; (060.5565) Fibre optics. Quantum comm.; (270.5585) Quantum optics. Quantum information and processing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5225730