Efficient conditional preparation of single photons for scalable quantum-optical networking
Alfred B. U’Ren, Christine Silberhorn, Konrad Banaszek, Ian A. Walmsley · 2004
A prerequisite for practical quantum information processing is an efficient source of high-fidelity single photons. We report single photon preparation with a conditional detection efficiency exceeding 51% and detection rate of up to 8.5×105counts/[s·mW].