Fibre source of heralded single photons at 1550nm
Chunhe Xiong, Alex R. McMillan, Olivier Alibart, Jérémie Fulconis, John Rarity, W. J. Wadsworth · Bristol Research (University of Bristol) · 2008
We demonstrate a bright fibre source of heralded single photons at 1550 nm with detected rates greater than 10 kilocounts per second. Photon generation and separation is performed in spliced fibre components.