Optics Letters

Lossless single-photon shaping via heralding

Kahraman G. Köprülü, Yu-Ping Huang, Geraldo A. Barbosa, Prem Kumar

Published Apr 27, 2011• 17 citations

Abstract

Using spontaneous optical parametric downconversion, we experimentally demonstrate heralded generation of shaped single photons, whose modes are tailored indirectly by applying amplitude modulation on the pump field that drives the downconversion process. Our experiment opens a door to creating high-quality, mode-shaped single photons at a substantially higher efficiency than is possible with the existing method of direct single-photon shaping.

DOI: 10.1364/ol.36.001674

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