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
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;
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
