Title :
Low-noise quantum frequency translation of single photons
Author :
Farsi, Alessandro ; Clemmen, Stephane ; Ramelow, Sven ; Gaeta, Alexander L.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate quantum frequency translation of single photons via four-wave-mixing Bragg scattering using a liquid nitrogen cooled dispersion-shifted fiber. We achieve 80% photon conversion efficiency with less than 0.001 noise photons per 5ns gate.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; nitrogen; optical fibre dispersion; optical frequency conversion; quantum noise; quantum optics; N; four-wave-mixing Bragg scattering; liquid nitrogen cooled dispersion-shifted fiber; low-noise quantum frequency translation; photon conversion efficiency; single photons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
