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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Coherent Single Photon Source in an Integrated Diamond Nanophotonic System

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

Published Jan 1, 2022• 0 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrate an on-demand source of individual, temporally modulated photons with high purity (g2(0) = 0.017) and detection efficiency (14.9%) using a silicon-vacancy center in diamond coupled to an asymmetric nanophotonic cavity.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_qels.2022.fw5f.2

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