• DocumentCode
    450352
  • Title

    High-brightness source of heralded single photons for quantum communications from microstructured fibre

  • Author

    Alibart, O. ; Fulconis, J. ; Russell, P. St J ; Wadsworth, W.J. ; Rarity, J.G.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Bristol Univ., UK
  • Volume
    5
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    25-29 Sept. 2005
  • Firstpage
    57
  • Abstract
    We discuss a novel micro-structured fiber source of photon pairs and heralded single photons suitable for quantum communications. This bright source emits up to ∼3.2.105 /sec of narrow-band heralded single photons.
  • Keywords
    brightness; micro-optics; optical fibres; quantum communication; heralded single photons; microstructured fibre; photon pairs; quantum communications;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    IET
  • ISSN
    0537-9989
  • Print_ISBN
    0-86341-543-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1584331