• DocumentCode
    547079
  • Title

    Interfacing single photons from dissimilar sources

  • Author

    Polyakov, Sergey V. ; Muller, Andreas ; Ling, Alex ; Borjemscaia, Natalia ; Flagg, Edward B. ; Van Keuren, Edward ; Migdall, Alan L. ; Solomon, Glenn S.

  • Author_Institution
    Joint Quantum Inst., Univ. of Maryland, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We interface single photons generated by a quantum dot with those generated via parametric down-conversion. The photon indistinguishability is assessed by measuring their coalescence probability; it is 16% and limited by quantum dot decoherence.
  • Keywords
    light coherence; quantum dots; quantum optics; coalescence probability; dissimilar sources; interfacing single photons; parametric down-conversion; photon indistinguishability; quantum dot decoherence; Cavity resonators; Detectors; Interference; Matched filters; Optical fiber filters; Photonics; Quantum dots;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951632