High-brightness source of heralded single photons for quantum communications from microstructured fibre

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Alibart
Keyword(s):  
Single Photons ◽  
Quantum Communications ◽  
High Brightness ◽  
Microstructured Fibre

scholarly journals Single-Photon Frequency Conversion for Quantum Interface

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuanhua Li ◽  
Xianfeng Chen
Keyword(s):  
Wavelength Division Multiplexing ◽  
Frequency Conversion ◽  
Single Photon ◽  
Entanglement Swapping ◽  
Great Promise ◽  
Single Photons ◽  
Quantum Communications ◽  
Wavelength Division ◽  
Photon Frequency ◽  
Quantum Interface

Single-photon frequency conversion for quantum interface plays an important role in quantum communications and networks, which is crucial for the realization of quantum memory, faithful entanglement swapping and quantum teleportation. In this chapter, we will present our recent experiments about single-photon frequency conversion based on quadratic nonlinear processes. Firstly, we demonstrated spectrum compression of broadband single photons at the telecom wavelength to the near-visible window, marking a critical step towards coherent photonic interface. Secondly, we demonstrated the nonlinear interaction between two chirped broadband single-photon-level coherent states, which may be utilized to achieve heralding entanglement at a distance. Finally, we theoretically introduced and experimentally demonstrated single-photon frequency conversion in the telecom band, enabling switching of single photons between dense wavelength-division multiplexing channels. Moreover, quantum entanglement between the photon pair is maintained after the frequency conversion. Our researches have realized three significant quantum interfaces via single-photon frequency conversion, which hold great promise for the development of quantum communications and networks.

Modern methods of detecting single photons and their application in quantum communications

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (8) ◽  
pp. 655-669
Author(s):  
A A Kozii ◽  
A V Losev ◽  
V V Zavodilenko ◽  
Yurii Vladimirovich Kurochkin ◽  
A A Gorbatsevich
Keyword(s):  
Single Photons ◽  
Quantum Communications ◽  
Modern Methods

scholarly journals Indistinguishable Photons from a Single Molecule under Pulsed Excitation

2021 ◽  
Vol 255 ◽  
pp. 06002
Author(s):  
Pietro Lombardi ◽  
Maja Colautti ◽  
Rocco Duquennoy ◽  
Ghulam Murtaza ◽  
Prosenjit Majumder ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Single Molecule ◽  
Single Photon ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Photon Emission ◽  
Light Sources ◽  
Single Photons ◽  
Quantum Communications ◽  
Ideal Quantum ◽  
On Chip ◽  
Key Resources

Quantum light sources are crucial for the future of quantum photonic technologies and, among them, single photons on-demand are key resources in quantum communications and information processing. Ideal quantum emitters providing indistinguishable photons in a clocked manner, negligible decoherence and spectral diffusion, and with potential for scalability are today still a major challenge. We report on photostable and indistinguishable single photon emission from dibenzoterrylene molecules isolated in anthracene nanocrystals (DBT:Ac NCs) at 3K. The visibility of two-photon interference is preserved even when they are separated more than thirty times the excited-state lifetime, or ten fluorescence cycles. One of the advantages of organic molecules is the low-cost mass production of nominally identical emitters, that also allow for on-chip integration. These aspects combined with high spectral stability and coherence make them promising for applications and future quantum technologies.

scholarly journals Real-time shaping of entangled photons by classical control and feedback

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (37) ◽  
pp. eabb6298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ohad Lib ◽  
Giora Hasson ◽  
Yaron Bromberg
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Quantum Correlations ◽  
Great Promise ◽  
Single Photons ◽  
Entangled Photons ◽  
Quantum Communications ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Wavefront Shaping ◽  
Classical Control ◽  
And Control

Quantum technologies hold great promise for revolutionizing photonic applications such as cryptography. Yet, their implementation in real-world scenarios is challenging, mostly because of sensitivity of quantum correlations to scattering. Recent developments in optimizing the shape of single photons introduce new ways to control entangled photons. Nevertheless, shaping single photons in real time remains a challenge due to the weak associated signals, which are too noisy for optimization processes. Here, we overcome this challenge and control scattering of entangled photons by shaping the classical laser beam that stimulates their creation. We discover that because the classical beam and the entangled photons follow the same path, the strong classical signal can be used for optimizing the weak quantum signal. We show that this approach can increase the length of free-space turbulent quantum links by up to two orders of magnitude, opening the door for using wavefront shaping for quantum communications.

scholarly journals Broadband on-chip single-photon spectrometer

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Risheng Cheng ◽  
Chang-Ling Zou ◽  
Xiang Guo ◽  
Sihao Wang ◽  
Xu Han ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Single Photon ◽  
Astronomical Observation ◽  
Single Element ◽  
Single Photons ◽  
Quantum Communications ◽  
Wavelength Division ◽  
Wavelength Division Multiplexed ◽  
Small Device ◽  
On Chip ◽  
Wavelength Detection

Abstract Single-photon counters are single-pixel binary devices that click upon the absorption of a photon but obscure its spectral information, whereas resolving the color of detected photons has been in critical demand for frontier astronomical observation, spectroscopic imaging and wavelength division multiplexed quantum communications. Current implementations of single-photon spectrometers either consist of bulky wavelength-scanning components or have limited detection channels, preventing parallel detection of broadband single photons with high spectral resolutions. Here, we present the first broadband chip-scale single-photon spectrometer covering both visible and infrared wavebands spanning from 600 nm to 2000 nm. The spectrometer integrates an on-chip dispersive echelle grating with a single-element propagating superconducting nanowire detector of ultraslow-velocity for mapping the dispersed photons with high spatial resolutions. The demonstrated on-chip single-photon spectrometer features small device footprint, high robustness with no moving parts and meanwhile offers more than 200 equivalent wavelength detection channels with further scalability.

Element base of quantum informatics II: Quantum communications with single photons

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. I. Ryabtsev ◽  
D. B. Tretyakov ◽  
A. V. Kolyako ◽  
A. S. Pleshkov ◽  
V. M. Entin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Single Photons ◽  
Quantum Communications ◽  
Quantum Informatics ◽  
Element Base

A Stable Field Emission Electron Source

1977 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 58-59
Author(s):  
W.R. Bottoms ◽  
G.B. Haydon
Keyword(s):  
Field Emission ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
High Brightness ◽  
Electron Sources ◽  
Brightness Field ◽  
Current Densities ◽  
Properties Of Materials ◽  
Stable Field ◽  
Stable Current ◽  
Careful Design

There is great interest in improving the brightness of electron sources and therefore the ability of electron optical instrumentation to probe the properties of materials. Extensive work by Dr. Crew and others has provided extremely high brightness sources for certain kinds of analytical problems but which pose serious difficulties in other problems. These sources cannot survive in conventional system vacuums. If one wishes to gather information from the other signal channels activated by electron beam bombardment it is necessary to provide sufficient current to allow an acceptable signal-to-noise ratio. It is possible through careful design to provide a high brightness field emission source which has the capability of providing high currents as well as high current densities to a specimen. In this paper we describe an electrode to provide long-lived stable current in field emission sources.The source geometry was based upon the results of extensive computer modeling. The design attempted to maximize the total current available at a specimen.

Optical Properties of HVEM Accelerators

1975 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 180-181
Author(s):  
A. Strojnik ◽  
J.W. Scholl ◽  
V. Bevc
Keyword(s):  
Optical Properties ◽  
Electron Accelerator ◽  
Systematic Investigation ◽  
Electron Source ◽  
High Brightness ◽  
The Past ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Optical Behavior

The electron accelerator, as inserted between the electron source (injector) and the imaging column of the HVEM, is usually a strong lens and should be optimized in order to ensure high brightness over a wide range of accelerating voltages and illuminating conditions. This is especially true in the case of the STEM where the brightness directly determines the highest resolution attainable. In the past, the optical behavior of accelerators was usually determined for a particular configuration. During the development of the accelerator for the Arizona 1 MEV STEM, systematic investigation was made of the major optical properties for a variety of electrode configurations, number of stages N, accelerating voltages, 1 and 10 MEV, and a range of injection voltages ϕ0 = 1, 3, 10, 30, 100, 300 kV).

Characteristics and Application of Temperature-Field Emitters

1975 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 144-145
Author(s):  
N. Tamura ◽  
T. Goto ◽  
Y. Harada
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Field ◽  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Field Emission ◽  
Resolving Power ◽  
High Brightness ◽  
Field Emitters ◽  
Emission Electron ◽  
Sufficient Stability ◽  
Scanning Electron ◽  
Illuminating System

On account of its high brightness, the field emission electron source has the advantage that it provides the conventional electron microscope with highly coherent illuminating system and that it directly improves the, resolving power of the scanning electron microscope. The present authors have reported some results obtained with a 100 kV field emission electron microscope.It has been proven, furthermore, that the tungsten emitter as a temperature field emission source can be utilized with a sufficient stability under a modest vacuum of 10-8 ~ 10-9 Torr. The present paper is concerned with an extension of our study on the characteristics of the temperature field emitters.

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