Heralded single-photon source based on superpositions of squeezed states

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Autori principali: Azuma, Hiroo, Munro, William J., Nemoto, Kae
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author Azuma, Hiroo
Munro, William J.
Nemoto, Kae
author_facet Azuma, Hiroo
Munro, William J.
Nemoto, Kae
contents We propose a heralded single-photon source based on injecting a superposition of oppositely squeezed states onto a beam splitter. Our superposition of squeezed states is composed of only even photon number states (the number of photons is equal to $2,6,10,...$) meaning the probability for an emitted single photon given as a heralded single-photon event is higher than what one can achieve from the usual two-mode squeezed state. This enables one to realize an enhanced heralded single-photon source. We discuss how to create this superposition of squeezed states utilizing a single-mode squeezed state and the cross-Kerr nonlinearity. Our proposed method significantly improves the probability of emitting the heralded single photon compared to spontaneous parametric down-conversion.
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spellingShingle Heralded single-photon source based on superpositions of squeezed states
Azuma, Hiroo
Munro, William J.
Nemoto, Kae
Quantum Physics
We propose a heralded single-photon source based on injecting a superposition of oppositely squeezed states onto a beam splitter. Our superposition of squeezed states is composed of only even photon number states (the number of photons is equal to $2,6,10,...$) meaning the probability for an emitted single photon given as a heralded single-photon event is higher than what one can achieve from the usual two-mode squeezed state. This enables one to realize an enhanced heralded single-photon source. We discuss how to create this superposition of squeezed states utilizing a single-mode squeezed state and the cross-Kerr nonlinearity. Our proposed method significantly improves the probability of emitting the heralded single photon compared to spontaneous parametric down-conversion.
title Heralded single-photon source based on superpositions of squeezed states
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.17118