• DocumentCode
    520175
  • Title

    Heralded, pure-state single-photon source based on a KTP waveguide

  • Author

    Levine, Z.H. ; Chen, J. ; Ling, A. ; Fan, J. ; Migdall, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Opt. Technol. Div., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We show that with simple spectral filtering, the Schmidt number for the transmitted photon-pairs (with 90% transmittance) which are produced via type-II parametric down-conversion in a KTP waveguide equals to unity to within 0.2%.
  • Keywords
    optical filters; optical frequency conversion; optical waveguides; quantum optics; KTP; KTP waveguide; Schmidt number; photon-pairs; pure-state single-photon source; spectral filtering; type-II parametric down-conversion; Bandwidth; Fiber nonlinear optics; Filtering; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Quantum computing; Refractive index;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5499740