Title :
Pure heralded single photons
Author :
Dosseva, Annamaria ; Cincio, Lukasz ; Branczyk, Agata M.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Quantum Comput., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Abstract :
We show an order-of-magnitude increase in the spectral purity of heralded single photons by engineering the joint spectrum of downconverted photon-pairs. We do this by customizing the crystal poling configuration using simulated annealing.
Keywords :
quantum optics; simulated annealing; crystal poling configuration; downconverted photon-pairs; heralded single photons; simulated annealing; spectral purity; Crystals; Joints; Optical frequency conversion; Optical pumping; Photonics; Simulated annealing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
