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arXiv:2104.08491 · Optics Letters

Resource efficient single photon source based on active frequency multiplexing

Serge Massar, Stéphane Clemmen

Published May 14, 2021• 4 citations
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Abstract

We propose a new, to the best of our knowledge, single photon source based on the principle of active multiplexing of heralded single photons, which, unlike previously reported architecture, requires a limited amount of physical resources. We discuss both its feasibility and the purity and indistinguishability of single photons as a function of the key parameters of a possible implementation.

DOI
10.1364/ol.428148

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We propose a new, to the best of our knowledge, single photon source based on the principle of active multiplexing of heralded single photons, which, unlike previously reported architecture, requires a limited amount of physical resources. We discuss both its feasibility and the purity and indistinguishability of single photons as a function of the key parameters of a possible implementation.
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