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On-demand single photon source integrated into a nanophotonic platform

Rivka Bekenstein, Erik Knall, Can M. Knaut, Daniel Assumpção, P. Stroganov, Wenjie Gong, Yan Qi Huan, Pieter-Jan Stas, Bartholomeus Machielse, Michelle Chalupnik, David Levonian, Aziza Suleymanzade, Ralf Riedinger, Hongkun Park, Marko Lončar, Mihir K. Bhaskar, Mikhail D. Lukin

Published Jan 1, 2022• 0 citations
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Abstract

We generate streams of high purity single photons from a single atom-like defect in a diamond nanophotonic cavity demonstrating an integrable system for quantum information processing.
DOI
10.1364/quantum.2022.qth2b.3

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