Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Time-frequency multiplexed single-photon source based on LiNbO3 modulators

Marcello Massaro, Vahid Ansari, Fabian Schlue, Kai-Hong Luo, Harald Herrmann, Benjamin Brecht, Christine Silberhorn, Thomas Dirmeier, Christoph Marquardt, Gerd Leuchs

Published Jan 1, 2020• 0 citations

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Abstract

We present advances in the use of gigahertz LiNbO3 modulators enabling us programmable delays, which we will use to implement a multiplexed single-photon source, based on birefringent phase-matching in KTP waveguides.

DOI: 10.1364/cleo_qels.2020.ftu3c.7

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