Limits of heralded single-photon sources based on parametric photon-pair generation

作者:Virally Stephane*; Lacroix Suzanne; Godbout Nicolas
来源:Physical Review A, 2010, 81(1): 013808.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.81.013808

摘要

We derive calculations on the statistics of a heralded single-photon source based on parametric photon-pair generation. These calculations highlight fundamental and practical limits for these sources and show which physical parameters can be optimized to improve the quality of a real source.

  • 出版日期2010-1