Title :
Experimental multiphoton conditional state preparation and analysis
Author :
Achilles, Daryl ; Silberhorn, Christine ; Banaszek, Konrad ; U´Ren, Alfred B. ; Walmsley, Ian A.
Author_Institution :
Clarendon Lab., Oxford Univ., UK
Abstract :
A time-multiplexed detector capable of photon number resolution was used to investigate the photon statistics of a heralded photon source based on parametric downconversion in a quasi-phasematched KTP waveguide.
Keywords :
multiphoton processes; optical parametric devices; optical phase matching; optical waveguides; photodetectors; quantum optics; quantum statistical mechanics; KTP; KTiOPO4; heralded photon source; multiphoton conditional state preparation; parametric downconversion; photon number resolution; photon statistics; quasiphasematched waveguide; time-multiplexed detector; Detectors; Lenses; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Parametric statistics; Photonics Society; Statistical analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1548738
