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Low-Noise Quantum Frequency Translation of Single Photons

Alessandro Farsi, Stéphane Clemmen, Sven Ramelow, Alexander L. Gaeta

Published Jan 1, 2015• 5 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrate quantum frequency translation of single photons via four-wave-mixing Bragg scattering using a liquid nitrogen cooled dispersion-shifted fiber. We achieve 80% photon conversion efficiency with less than 0.001 noise photons per 5ns gate.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_qels.2015.fm3a.4

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