Tailoring single-photon and multiphoton probabilities of a single-photon on-demand source

By A. Migdall, D. Branning, Stefania Castelletto, M. Ware. 2002

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As typically implemented, single-photon sources cannot be made to produce single photons with high probability, while simultaneously suppressing the probability of yielding two or more photons. Because of this, single-photon sources cannot really produce single photons on demand. We describe a multiplexed system that allows the probabilities of producing one and more photons to be adjusted independently, enabling a much better approximation of a source of single photons on demand.

Subfields: Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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