Title :
Continuously adjustable narrow-band heralded single photon source
Author :
Förtsch, Michael ; Fürst, Josef ; Wittmann, Christoffer ; Strekalov, Dmitry ; Aiello, Andrea ; Silberhorn, Christine ; Marquardt, Christoph ; Leuchs, Gerd
Author_Institution :
Max Planck Inst. for the Sci. of Light, Erlangen, Germany
Abstract :
We present the high efficient generation of narrow-band heralded single photons, widely tunable in wavelength and bandwidth using resonator enhanced spontaneous down conversion in a crystalline whispering gallery mode resonator.
Keywords :
optical harmonic generation; optical resonators; whispering gallery modes; continuously adjustable narrow-band heralded single photon source; crystalline whispering gallery mode resonator; resonator enhanced spontaneous down conversion; Bandwidth; Correlation; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Optical surface waves; Photonics; Whispering gallery modes;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
