Active temporal multiplexing of indistinguishable heralded single photons

C. Xiong; X. Zhang; Z. Liu; M. J. Collins; A. Mahendra; L. G. Helt; M. J. Steel; D. -Y. Choi; C. J. Chae; P. H. W. Leong; B. J. Eggleton

doi:10.1038/ncomms10853

Nature Communications (Mar 2016)

Active temporal multiplexing of indistinguishable heralded single photons

C. Xiong,
X. Zhang,
Z. Liu,
M. J. Collins,
A. Mahendra,
L. G. Helt,
M. J. Steel,
D. -Y. Choi,
C. J. Chae,
P. H. W. Leong,
B. J. Eggleton

Affiliations

C. Xiong: Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS), Institute of Photonics and Optical Science (IPOS), School of Physics, University of Sydney
X. Zhang: Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS), Institute of Photonics and Optical Science (IPOS), School of Physics, University of Sydney
Z. Liu: School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Sydney
M. J. Collins: Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS), Institute of Photonics and Optical Science (IPOS), School of Physics, University of Sydney
A. Mahendra: Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS), Institute of Photonics and Optical Science (IPOS), School of Physics, University of Sydney
L. G. Helt: Department of Physics and Astronomy, CUDOS and MQ Photonics Research Centre, Macquarie University
M. J. Steel: Department of Physics and Astronomy, CUDOS and MQ Photonics Research Centre, Macquarie University
D. -Y. Choi: CUDOS, Laser Physics Centre, Australian National University
C. J. Chae: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Melbourne
P. H. W. Leong: School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Sydney
B. J. Eggleton: Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS), Institute of Photonics and Optical Science (IPOS), School of Physics, University of Sydney

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10853
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Deterministically generated single photons are useful for quantum communications, but the processes that create such light are often non-deterministic. Here, the authors enhance the single-photon output probability by multiplexing photons from four temporal modes using fibre-integrated optics.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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