Abstract
We demonstrate a symmetric, single-spatial mode, single-photon heralding efficiency of 84% for a type-II spontaneous parametric downconversion process. High efficiency, single-spatial mode collection is key to enabling many quantum information processing and quantum metrology applications.
© 2013 Optical Society of America
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