Room-temperature single-photon sources: design, performance, and applications

Michael Barth; David Höckel; Lars Koch; Stefan Schietinger; Tim Schröder; Thomas Aichele; Oliver Benson

doi:10.1117/12.849975

28 April 2010 Room-temperature single-photon sources: design, performance, and applications

Michael Barth, David Höckel, Lars Koch, Stefan Schietinger, Tim Schröder, Thomas Aichele, Oliver Benson

Proceedings Volume 7681, Advanced Photon Counting Techniques IV; 76810I (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.849975
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2010, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Single photon sources are key devices for optical quantum information processing, miniaturized optical elements, as well as light standards. Several systems have been exploited so far such as semiconductor quantum dots, defect centers in diamond, alkali atoms, and parametric down-conversion sources. In this contribution we will review some of these sources and highlight their unique properties with respect to applications in quantum information processing. A focus lies on two different room temperature sources based on cavity-enhanced parametric downconversion and on nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond.

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Michael Barth, David Höckel, Lars Koch, Stefan Schietinger, Tim Schröder, Thomas Aichele, and Oliver Benson "Room-temperature single-photon sources: design, performance, and applications", Proc. SPIE 7681, Advanced Photon Counting Techniques IV, 76810I (28 April 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.849975

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