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Interfacing Single Photons from Dissimilar Sources

Sergey V. Polyakov, Andreas Müller, Alexander E. Ling, Edward B. Flagg, Natalia Borjemscaia, Edward Van Keuren, Alan L. Migdall, Glenn S. Solomon

Published Jan 1, 2011• 0 citations
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Abstract

We interface single photons generated by a quantum dot with those generated via parametric down-conversion. The photon indistinguishability is assessed by measuring their coalescence probability; it is 16% and limited by quantum dot decoherence.
DOI
10.1364/qels.2011.qwf1

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