Photon number generation with the visible light photon counter

Edo Waks; Eleni Diamanti; Yoshihisa Yamamoto

doi:10.1117/12.561471

19 October 2004 Photon number generation with the visible light photon counter

Edo Waks, Eleni Diamanti, Yoshihisa Yamamoto

Proceedings Volume 5551, Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging II; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.561471
Event: Optical Science and Technology, the SPIE 49th Annual Meeting, 2004, Denver, Colorado, United States

Abstract

The Visible Light Photon Counter (VLPC) has the capability to discriminate photon number states, in contrast to conventional photon counters which can only detect the presence or absence of photons. We use this capability, along with the process of parametric down-conversion, to generate photon number states. We first investigate single photon generation, using a modified Hanbury-Brown Twiss (HBT) intensity interferometer to verify the single photon nature of the light. We then use a second VLPC to experimentally demonstrate generation of 2,3 and 4 photons with high fidelity. We investigate the effect of the detection efficiency of the VLPC on the generation rate and fidelity of the created states.

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Edo Waks, Eleni Diamanti, and Yoshihisa Yamamoto "Photon number generation with the visible light photon counter", Proc. SPIE 5551, Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging II, (19 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.561471

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