• DocumentCode
    1769908
  • Title

    Observation of high-purity single photons hopping between optical cavities

  • Author

    Makino, Kosuke ; Yoshikawa, Jun-ichi ; Hashimoto, Yo ; van Loock, Peter ; Furusawa, Akira

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Appl. Phys., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We experimentally demonstrate high-purity single photons hopping coherently between coupled optical cavities. The system shows high performance also as a controllable single-photon source, which emits single photons with a negative Wigner function.
  • Keywords
    light coherence; quantum optics; Wigner function; coupled optical cavity; high-purity single photon hopping; single-photon source; Cavity resonators; Couplings; Optical coupling; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Photonics; Resonant frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6988605