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Deterministic Single-Photon Source for Distributed Quantum Networking

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Kuhn, Axel, Hennrich, Markus, Rempe, Gerhard·2002·Physical Review Letters

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A sequence of single photons is emitted on demand from a single three-level atom strongly coupled to a high-finesse optical cavity. The photons are generated by an adiabatically driven stimulated Raman transition between two atomic ground states, with the vacuum field of the cavity stimulating one branch of the transition, and laser pulses deterministically driving the other branch. This process is unitary and therefore intrinsically reversible, which is essential for quantum communication and networking, and the photons should be appropriate for all-optical quantum information processing.

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Authors
Kuhn, A., Hennrich, M., & Rempe, G.
Affiliations
  • Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (DE)
  • Max Planck Society (DE)
Venue
Physical Review Letters
Published
2002-07-19
Volume
89
Issue
6
Pages
067901-067901
ISSN
  • 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
  • 1079-7114
OpenAlex
W2001597879
Cited by
859
References
26
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37.35
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journal article
Language
en
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  • Physical Review Letters (publishedVersion)
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  • arXiv (Cornell University)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum optics and atomic interactions
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Quantum Information and Cryptography
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Strong Light-Matter Interactions
Keywords
single-photon sources, three-level atom, high-finesse optical cavity, stimulated Raman transitions, adiabatic driving, cavity quantum electrodynamics, quantum networking, quantum communication

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