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arXiv:1612.05509 · Physical Review Applied

Cavity-Enhanced Single-Photon Source Based on the Silicon-Vacancy Center in Diamond

Julia Benedikter, Hanno Kaupp, Thomas Hümmer, Yuejiang Liang, Alexander Bommer, Christoph Becher, Anke Krueger, Jason M. Smith, Theodor W. Hänsch, David Hunger

Published Feb 28, 2017• 113 citations
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Abstract

Sources of individual photons have applications in quantum cryptography, computation, and metrology, but truly scalable sources are still needed. The authors couple silicon-vacancy centers to a high-$Q$ microcavity, yielding a room-temperature source with the potential for high efficiency, brightness, and spectral purity. This setup improves spectral density by more than two orders of magnitude and could offer single-photon rates above 1 GHz, as well as generation of indistinguishable photons.

DOI
10.1103/physrevapplied.7.024031

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