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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Synchronizing single photons with quantum memories

J. Nunn, Nathan K. Langford, Tessa F. M. Champion, Michael Sprague, Patrick Michelberger, Ka Chung Lee, Xian‐Min Jin, Duncan G. England, W. S. Kolthammer, Ian A. Walmsley

Published Jan 1, 2012• 0 citations
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Abstract

Without deterministic single photon sources, multiphoton rates fall exponentially with the number of photons required, making practical photonics unfeasible. We show how quantum memories improve multiphoton rates by many orders of magnitude.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_at.2012.jw3i.2

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