Single photon source with individualized single photon certifications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4821, Issue , 2002, Pages 455-465

  Migdall, A L ^a   Branning, D ^b   Castelletto, S ^a,c   Ware, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c ISTITUTO ELETTROTECNICO NAZIONALE GALILEO FERRARIS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heralded photon; Parametric downconversion; Quantum cryptography; Single photon

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; CALCULATIONS; CRYPTOGRAPHY; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHOTONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PUMPING (LASER); SINGLE CRYSTALS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

HERALD PHOTON SOURCE; PARAMETRIC DOWNCONVERSION; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHIC LINK; SINGLE PHOTON CERTIFICATION; SINGLE PHOTON SOURCE;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 0036992493     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.452038     Document Type: Conference Paper

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