Single-photon statistics generated by narrow-band cavity-enhanced parametric down-conversion

Author

Scholz, Matthias ; Koch, Lars ; Benson, Oliver

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Phys. - AG Nanooptik, Humboldt-Univ. zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We present a single-photon source based on cavity-enhanced parametric down-conversion with < 3 MHz linewidth and a brightness of 14000 counts/(s times mW times MHz). Measuring heralded single-photon statistics, we achieved a 100-fold suppression of two-photon events compared to a Poissonian source.

Keywords

brightness; cavity resonators; optical frequency conversion; quantum optics; spectral line breadth; two-photon processes; Poissonian source comparison; heralded single-photon statistics measurement; narrow-band cavity-enhanced parametric down-conversion; single-photon statistics generation; spectral linewidths; two-photon event suppression; Brightness; Frequency; Narrowband; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Parametric statistics; Quantum computing; Resonance; (190.4975) Parametric processes; (270.5290) Photon statistics; (270.5585) 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

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225397