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Heralded single photon sources: a route towards quantum communication technology and photon standards
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Single photon counting, based on single photon sources and detectors, is a key ingredient for certain applications aiming at new quantum information technologies. Quantum cryptography, quantum radiometry, distributed quantum computing, as well as adjacent technologies such as biomedical and astronomical imaging, and low power classical communication also rely on single-photon technology. This paper reviews the present status of single photon sources and related counting measurement techniques, based on correlated (or heralded) photons in parametric down-conversion, and their possible impact on the above mentioned technologies, as well as an assessment for photon standards in the future.
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- Authors
- Castelletto, S. A., & Scholten, R. E.
- Affiliations
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Venue
- The European Physical Journal Applied Physics
- Publisher
- EDP Sciences
- Published
- 2008-03
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 181-194
- ISSN
- 1286-0042 (ISSN-L)
- 1286-0050
- OpenAlex
- W2115448010
- Cited by
- 68
- References
- 80
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 8.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The European Physical Journal Applied Physics (publishedVersion)
- Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion)
- RMIT Research Repository (RMIT University Library) (submittedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Swinburne figshare (Swinburne University of Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Information and Cryptography
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum optics and atomic interactions
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices
- Keywords
- heralded single-photon source, single photon counting, parametric down-conversion, correlated photons, quantum cryptography, quantum information technology
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