Single-photon sources: Approaching the ideal through multiplexing
Evan Meyer-Scott, Christine Silberhorn, Alan L. Migdall
Abstract
We review the rapid recent progress in single-photon sources based on multiplexing multiple probabilistic photon-creation events. Such multiplexing allows higher single-photon probabilities and lower contamination from higher-order photon states. We study the requirements for multiplexed sources and compare various approaches to multiplexing using different degrees of freedom.
Topics & Concepts
MultiplexingPhotonPhysicsOpticsComputer scienceProbabilistic logicIdeal (ethics)OptoelectronicsTelecommunicationsArtificial intelligenceEpistemologyPhilosophyQuantum Information and CryptographyAdvanced Optical Sensing TechnologiesQuantum optics and atomic interactions