Open AccessFiber-based narrow-band single-photon source with high heralding efficiency
Author(s) -
Lei Yang,
Xinbin Ma,
Liang Cui,
Xueshi Guo,
Xiaoying Li
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.60.114206
Subject(s) - single photon source , photon , spontaneous parametric down conversion , physics , bandwidth (computing) , optics , single mode optical fiber , four wave mixing , dispersion (optics) , laser , optoelectronics , quantum , telecommunications , nonlinear optics , quantum entanglement , quantum mechanics , computer science
According to the correlated photon pairs produced by spontaneous four-wave mixing in dispersion-shifted fiber, we present a telecom-band single-photon source by using mode-locked laser. Single-photons with a -3 dB bandwidth of 1.1 nm are heralded with more than 50% probability. The measured second-order correlation g(2)(0) is equal to 0.090.01. Our source is well suit for quantum communication systems.