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Efficient Source of Shaped Single Photons Based on an Integrated Diamond Nanophotonic System

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States); OSTI
  2. Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
  3. Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States); Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem (Israel)
  4. Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States); Amazon Web Services (AWS) Center for Quantum Computing, Pasadena, CA (United States)
  5. Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States); Univ. of Hamburg (Germany); Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging (Germany)
An efficient, scalable source of shaped single photons that can be directly integrated with optical fiber networks and quantum memories is at the heart of many protocols in quantum information science. We demonstrate a deterministic source of arbitrarily temporally shaped single-photon pulses with high efficiency [detection efficiency = 14.9 %] and purity [g(2) (0) = 0.0168] and streams of up to 11 consecutively detected single photons using a silicon-vacancy center in a highly directional fiber-integrated diamond nanophotonic cavity. Finally, combined with previously demonstrated spin-photon entangling gates, this system enables on-demand generation of streams of correlated photons such as cluster states and could be used as a resource for robust transmission and processing of quantum information.
Research Organization:
Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Science Foundation (NSF); US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0020115
OSTI ID:
1980308
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 129; ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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