Towards a periodic deterministic source of arbitrary single-photon states

Evan Jeffrey; Nicholas A. Peters; Paul G. Kwiat

doi:10.1088/1367-2630/6/1/100

Towards a periodic deterministic source of arbitrary single-photon states

Evan Jeffrey, Nicholas A. Peters, Paul G. Kwiat

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We present an experimentally feasible scheme to create single photons deterministically out of a non-deterministic spontaneous parametric downconversion source. We give an efficiency analysis of obtaining exactly one photon in the output. Furthermore, we experimentally demonstrate a way to control the purity of an output photon using a partial measurement of a polarization-entangled photon pair, a partial implementation of remote state preparation. When combined, these two techniques could allow on-demand preparation of single photons in arbitrary states.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-14
Number of pages	14
Journal	New Journal of Physics
Volume	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/6/1/100
State	Published - Jul 29 2004
Externally published	Yes

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