Experimental realization of a low-noise heralded single-photon source

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1484-1492

  Brida, G ^a   Degiovanni, I P ^a   Genovese, M ^a   Migdall, A ^b   Piacentini, F ^a   Polyakov, S V ^b   Ruo Berchera, I ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RICERCA METROLOGICA   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; PHOTONS;

EXPERIMENTAL REALIZATIONS; GATE ARRAYS; HERALDED SINGLE PHOTON SOURCES; LOW NOISE; OUTPUT CHANNELS;

PARTICLE BEAMS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTON; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHTING; OPTICAL DEVICES; PHOTONS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 78751484535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.001484     Document Type: Article

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