• DocumentCode
    2086855
  • Title

    Highly efficient guided wave heralded-single-photon source at telecom wavelength

  • Author

    Alibart, O. ; Tanzilli, S. ; Ostrowsky, D.B. ; Baldi, P.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. de Physique de la Matiere Condensee, Univ. de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Nice
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    21-21 May 2004
  • Firstpage
    628
  • Lastpage
    629
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a highly efficient heralded single photon source based on parametric down-conversion in a PPLN waveguide. The telecommunication wavelength guided wave configuration allows simple incorporation into quantum communication experiments using installed optical networks
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; lithium compounds; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical frequency conversion; optical waveguides; quantum communication; quantum optics; LiNbO3; PPLN waveguide; heralded-single-photon source; optical networks; parametric down-conversion; quantum communication; telecommunication wavelength guided wave configuration;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-778-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1366924