A single ion interacting with single spontaneous parametric down-conversion photons

Author

Piro, N. ; Rohde, F. ; Schuck, C. ; Almendros, M. ; Huwer, J. ; Hennrich, M. ; Haase, A. ; Mitchell, M.W. ; Dubin, F. ; Eschner, J.

Author_Institution

ICFO - The Inst. of Photonic Sci., Castelldefels, Spain

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We present a tunable, frequency-stabilized, narrow-bandwidth source of frequency-degenerate, entangled photon pairs, which can address the two D-P transitions in ⁴⁰Ca⁺ ions. We also demonstrate single ion-single photon interaction by the detection of quantum jumps.

Keywords

atom-photon collisions; calcium; frequency stability; optical tuning; quantum entanglement; quantum optics; Ca; D-P transitions; entangled photon pairs; frequency degeneration; frequency stability; narrow-bandwidth source; quantum jumps; single ion interaction; single spontaneous parametric down-conversion; Atomic beams; Atomic measurements; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Laser transitions; Optical coupling; Photonic crystals; Polarization; Pump lasers; Quantum entanglement; (060.5565) Quantum communications; (270.5585) Quantum information and processing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5224413