Generation of single photons with highly tunable wave shape from a cold atomic ensemble

Pau Farrera; Georg Heinze; Boris Albrecht; Melvyn Ho; Matías Chávez; Colin Teo; Nicolas Sangouard; Hugues de Riedmatten

doi:10.1038/ncomms13556

Nature Communications (Nov 2016)

Generation of single photons with highly tunable wave shape from a cold atomic ensemble

Pau Farrera,
Georg Heinze,
Boris Albrecht,
Melvyn Ho,
Matías Chávez,
Colin Teo,
Nicolas Sangouard,
Hugues de Riedmatten

Affiliations

Pau Farrera: ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology
Georg Heinze: ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology
Boris Albrecht: ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology
Melvyn Ho: Department of Physics, University of Basel
Matías Chávez: Department of Physics, University of Basel
Colin Teo: Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Nicolas Sangouard: Department of Physics, University of Basel
Hugues de Riedmatten: ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13556
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Generation of narrowband pure and storable single photons is an enabling step towards hybrid quantum networks interconnecting different systems. Here the authors report on a heralded single photon source based on a cold ensemble of atoms with controllable emission time and high photon shape tunability.

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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