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Frontiers in Optics

Timing Control of a Heralded Single Photon Emission

Kenzo Makino, Jun–ichi Yoshikawa, Shintaro Kurata, Peter van Loock, Akira Furusawa

Published Jan 1, 2012• 0 citations
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Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate controlling the emission timing of a heralded single photon from a non-degenerate optical parametric oscillator, by placing another quickly tunable cavity at the exit as a shutter.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2012.fth1c.3

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