A Time-Multiplexed Heralded Single-Photon Source

Abstract

Photons have proven to be excellent carriers of quantum information, and play essential roles in numerous quantum information processing (QIP) applications. In particular, heralded single- photon sources via spontaneous parametric-down conversion (SPDC) have been a key technology for demonstrating small-scale QIP, yet their low generation efficiency is a critical limitation for further scaling up optical QIP technology. In order to efficiently overcome the probabilistic nature of SPDC, here we demonstrate time multiplexing for up to 30 time slots of a periodically pumped heralded single-photon source, using a switchable low-loss optical storage cavity. We observe a maximum single-photon probability of 38.6% in periodic output time windows, corresponding to 6 times enhancement over a non-multiplexed source, but with no increase in the contribution of unwanted multi-photon events. Combining this time-multiplexing technique with a heralded source producing pure single-photon states should enable larger scale optical QIP systems than ever realized.

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