Abstract

We report on the realization of a synchronous source of heralded single photons at telecom wavelengths with MHz heralding rates and high heralding efficiency. This source is based on the generation of photon pairs at 810 and 1550 nm via Spontaneous Parametric Down Conversion (SPDC) in a 1 cm periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) crystal pumped by a 532 nm pulsed laser. As high rates are fundamental for multi-photon experiments, we show that single telecom photons can be announced at 4.4 MHz rate with 45% heralding efficiency. When we focus only on the optimization of the coupling of the heralded photon, the heralding efficiency can be increased up to 80%. Furthermore, we experimentally observe that group velocity mismatch inside long crystals pumped in a pulsed mode affects the spectrum of the emitted photons and their fibre coupling efficiency. The length of the crystal in this source has been chosen as a trade off between high brightness and high coupling efficiency.

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    [Crossref] [PubMed]
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    [Crossref]
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    [Crossref]
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    [Crossref] [PubMed]
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    [Crossref]
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    [Crossref]
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    [Crossref]
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    [Crossref]
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2011 (7)

M. D. Eisaman, J. Fan, A. Migdall, and S. V. Polyakov, “Invited review article: single-photon sources and detectors,” Rev. Scient. Instrum. 82, 071101 (2011).
[Crossref]

N. Sangouard, C. Simon, H. de Riedmatten, and N. Gisin, “Quantum repeaters based on atomic ensembles and linear optics,” Rev. Mod. Phys. 83, 33–80 (2011).
[Crossref]

P. G. Evans, R. S. Bennink, W. P. Grice, T. S. Humble, and J. Schaake, “Bright source of spectrally uncorrelated polarization-entangled photons with nearly single-mode emission,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 253601 (2011).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

C. Söller, O. Cohen, B. J. Smith, I. A. Walmsley, and C. Silberhorn, “High-performance single-photon generation with commercial-grade optical fibre,” Phys. Rev. A 83, 031806 (2011).
[Crossref]

N. Sangouard, B. Sanguinetti, N. Curtz, N. Gisin, R. Thew, and H. Zbinden, “Faithful entanglement swapping based on sum-frequency generation,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 120403 (2011).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

M. A. Broome, M. P. Almeida, A. Fedrizzi, and A. G. White, “Reducing multi-photon rates in pulsed down-conversion by temporal multiplexing,” Opt. Expr. 19, 22698–22708 (2011).
[Crossref]

P. Sekatski, N. Sangouard, F. Bussières, C. Clausen, N. Gisin, and H. Zbinden, “Detector imperfections in photon-pair source characterization,” J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 45, 124016 (2011).
[Crossref]

2010 (4)

J. A. Slater, J.-S. Corbeil, S. Virally, F. Bussières, A. Kudlinski, G. Bouwmans, S. Lacroix, N. Godbout, and W. Tittel, “Microstructured fibre source of photon pairs at widely separated wavelengths,” Opt. Lett. 35, 499–501 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

C. Söller, B. Brecht, P. J. Mosley, L. Y. Zang, A. Podlipensky, N. Y. Joly, P. St. J. Russell, and C. Silberhorn, “Bridging visible and telecom wavelengths with a single-mode broadband photon pair source,” Phys. Rev. A 81, 031801 (R) (2010).
[Crossref]

R. S. Bennink, “Optimal collinear gaussian beams for spontaneous parametric down-conversion,” Phys. Rev. A 81, 053805 (2010).
[Crossref]

N. Gisin, S. Pironio, and N. Sangouard, “Proposal for implementing device-independent quantum key distribution based on a heralded qubit amplifier,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 070501 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

2009 (3)

S. V. Polyakov and A. L. Migdall, “Quantum radiometry,” Journ. of Mod. Opt. 56, 1045–1052 (2009).
[Crossref]

P. J. Mosley, A. Christ, A. Eckstein, and C. Silberhorn, “Direct measurement of the spatial-spectral structure of waveguided parametric down-conversion,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 233901 (2009).
[Crossref]

A. R. McMillan, J. Fulconis, M. Halder, C. Xiong, J. G. Rarity, and W. J. Wadsworth, “Narrowband high-fidelity all-fibre source of heralded single photons at 1570 nm,” Opt. Expr. 17, 6156–6165 (2009).
[Crossref]

2008 (3)

F. Bussières, J. A. Slater, N. Godbout, and W. Tittel, “Fast and simple characterization of a photon pair source,” Opt. Expr. 16, 17060–17069 (2008).
[Crossref]

P. J. Mosley, J. S. Lundeen, B. J. Smith, P. Wasylczyk, A. B. U’Ren, C. Silberhorn, and I. A. Walmsley, “Heralded generation of ultrafast single photons in pure quantum states,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 133601 (2008).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

S. A. Castelletto and R. E. Scholten, “Heralded single photon sources: a route towards quantum communication technology and photon standards,” Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. 41, 181–194 (2008).
[Crossref]

2007 (4)

N. Gisin and R. Thew, “Quantum communication,” Nat. Phot. 1, 165–171 (2007).
[Crossref]

N. Sangouard, C. Simon, J. Minar, H. Zbinden, H. de Riedmatten, and N. Gisin, “Long-distance entanglement distribution with single-photon sources,” Phys. Rev. A 76, 050301 (2007).
[Crossref]

A. Soujaeff, S. Takeuchi, K. Sasaki, T. Hasegawa, and M. Matsui, “Heralded single photon source at 1550 nm from pulsed parametric down conversion,” Journ. of Mod. Opt. 54, 467–471 (2007).
[Crossref]

A. Soujaeff, T. Nishioka, T. Hasegawa, S. Takeuchi, T. Tsurumaru, K. Sasaki, and M. Matsui, “Quantum key distribution at 1550 nm using a pulse heralded single photon source,” Opt. Expr. 15, 726–734 (2007).
[Crossref]

2006 (1)

S. Castelletto, I. P. Degiovanni, V. Schettini, and A. Migdall, “Optimizing single-photon-source heralding efficiency and detection efficiency metrology at 1550 nm using periodically poled lithium niobate,” Metr. 43, S56–S60 (2006).
[Crossref]

2005 (4)

D. Ljunggren and M. Tengner, “Optimal focusing for maximal collection of entangled narrow-band photon pairs into single-mode fibres,” Phys. Rev. A 72, 062301 (2005).
[Crossref]

O. Alibart, D. B. Ostrowsky, P. Baldi, and S. Tanzilli, “High-performance guided-wave asynchronous heralded single-photon source,” Opt. Lett. 30, 1539–1541 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

T. B. Pittman, B. C. Jacobs, and J. D. Franson, “Heralding single photons from pulsed parametric down-conversion,” Opt. Comm. 246, 545–550 (2005).
[Crossref]

S. Castelletto, I. Degiovanni, V. Schettini, and A. Migdall, “Spatial and spectral mode selection of heralded single photons from pulsed parametric down-conversion,” Opt. Expr. 13, 6709–6722 (2005).
[Crossref]

2004 (2)

A. B. U’Ren, C. Silberhorn, K. Banaszek, and I. A. Walmsley, “Efficient conditional preparation of high-fidelity single photon states for fibre-optic quantum networks,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 093601 (2004).
[Crossref]

S. Fasel, O. Alibart, S. Tanzilli, P. Baldi, A. Beveratos, N. Gisin, and H. Zbinden, “High-quality asynchronous heralded single-photon source at telecom wavelength,” New Journ. of Phys. 6, 163 (2004).
[Crossref]

2003 (1)

F. A. Bovino, P. Varisco, A. M. Colla, G. Castagnoli, G. Di Giuseppe, and A. V. Sergienko, “Effective fibre-coupling of entangled photons for quantum communication,” Opt. Comm. 227, 343–348 (2003).
[Crossref]

2002 (1)

I. Marcikic, H. de Riedmatten, W. Tittel, V. Scarani, H. Zbinden, and N. Gisin, “Time-bin entangled qubits for quantum communication created by femtosecond pulses,” Phys. Rev. A 66, 062308 (2002).
[Crossref]

2001 (2)

C. Kurtsiefer, M. Oberparleiter, and H. Weinfurter, “High-efficiency entangled photon pair collection in type-II parametric fluorescence,” Phys. Rev. A 64, 023802 (2001).
[Crossref]

E. Knill, R. Laflamme, and G. J. Milburn, “A scheme for efficient quantum computation with linear optics,” Nat. 409, 46–52 (2001).
[Crossref]

1997 (1)

D.H. Jundt, “Temperature-dependent Sellmeier equation for the index of refraction ne in congruent lithium niobate,” Opt. Lett.22, 1553–1555, 1997.

1986 (1)

C. K. Hong and L. Mandel, “Experimental realization of a localized one-photon state,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 56, 58–60 (1986).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Alibart, O.

O. Alibart, D. B. Ostrowsky, P. Baldi, and S. Tanzilli, “High-performance guided-wave asynchronous heralded single-photon source,” Opt. Lett. 30, 1539–1541 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

S. Fasel, O. Alibart, S. Tanzilli, P. Baldi, A. Beveratos, N. Gisin, and H. Zbinden, “High-quality asynchronous heralded single-photon source at telecom wavelength,” New Journ. of Phys. 6, 163 (2004).
[Crossref]

Almeida, M. P.

M. A. Broome, M. P. Almeida, A. Fedrizzi, and A. G. White, “Reducing multi-photon rates in pulsed down-conversion by temporal multiplexing,” Opt. Expr. 19, 22698–22708 (2011).
[Crossref]

Baldi, P.

O. Alibart, D. B. Ostrowsky, P. Baldi, and S. Tanzilli, “High-performance guided-wave asynchronous heralded single-photon source,” Opt. Lett. 30, 1539–1541 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

S. Fasel, O. Alibart, S. Tanzilli, P. Baldi, A. Beveratos, N. Gisin, and H. Zbinden, “High-quality asynchronous heralded single-photon source at telecom wavelength,” New Journ. of Phys. 6, 163 (2004).
[Crossref]

Banaszek, K.

A. B. U’Ren, C. Silberhorn, K. Banaszek, and I. A. Walmsley, “Efficient conditional preparation of high-fidelity single photon states for fibre-optic quantum networks,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 093601 (2004).
[Crossref]

Barreiro, C.

T. Lunghi, E. Pomarico, C. Barreiro, D. Stucki, B. Sanguinetti, and H. Zbinden, “Advantages of gated silicon single photon detectors,”  arXiv:1208.4205

Bennink, R. S.

P. G. Evans, R. S. Bennink, W. P. Grice, T. S. Humble, and J. Schaake, “Bright source of spectrally uncorrelated polarization-entangled photons with nearly single-mode emission,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 253601 (2011).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

R. S. Bennink, “Optimal collinear gaussian beams for spontaneous parametric down-conversion,” Phys. Rev. A 81, 053805 (2010).
[Crossref]

Beveratos, A.

S. Fasel, O. Alibart, S. Tanzilli, P. Baldi, A. Beveratos, N. Gisin, and H. Zbinden, “High-quality asynchronous heralded single-photon source at telecom wavelength,” New Journ. of Phys. 6, 163 (2004).
[Crossref]

Bouwmans, G.

Bovino, F. A.

F. A. Bovino, P. Varisco, A. M. Colla, G. Castagnoli, G. Di Giuseppe, and A. V. Sergienko, “Effective fibre-coupling of entangled photons for quantum communication,” Opt. Comm. 227, 343–348 (2003).
[Crossref]

Brecht, B.

C. Söller, B. Brecht, P. J. Mosley, L. Y. Zang, A. Podlipensky, N. Y. Joly, P. St. J. Russell, and C. Silberhorn, “Bridging visible and telecom wavelengths with a single-mode broadband photon pair source,” Phys. Rev. A 81, 031801 (R) (2010).
[Crossref]

Broome, M. A.

M. A. Broome, M. P. Almeida, A. Fedrizzi, and A. G. White, “Reducing multi-photon rates in pulsed down-conversion by temporal multiplexing,” Opt. Expr. 19, 22698–22708 (2011).
[Crossref]

Bussières, F.

P. Sekatski, N. Sangouard, F. Bussières, C. Clausen, N. Gisin, and H. Zbinden, “Detector imperfections in photon-pair source characterization,” J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 45, 124016 (2011).
[Crossref]

J. A. Slater, J.-S. Corbeil, S. Virally, F. Bussières, A. Kudlinski, G. Bouwmans, S. Lacroix, N. Godbout, and W. Tittel, “Microstructured fibre source of photon pairs at widely separated wavelengths,” Opt. Lett. 35, 499–501 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

F. Bussières, J. A. Slater, N. Godbout, and W. Tittel, “Fast and simple characterization of a photon pair source,” Opt. Expr. 16, 17060–17069 (2008).
[Crossref]

Castagnoli, G.

F. A. Bovino, P. Varisco, A. M. Colla, G. Castagnoli, G. Di Giuseppe, and A. V. Sergienko, “Effective fibre-coupling of entangled photons for quantum communication,” Opt. Comm. 227, 343–348 (2003).
[Crossref]

Castelletto, S.

S. Castelletto, I. P. Degiovanni, V. Schettini, and A. Migdall, “Optimizing single-photon-source heralding efficiency and detection efficiency metrology at 1550 nm using periodically poled lithium niobate,” Metr. 43, S56–S60 (2006).
[Crossref]

S. Castelletto, I. Degiovanni, V. Schettini, and A. Migdall, “Spatial and spectral mode selection of heralded single photons from pulsed parametric down-conversion,” Opt. Expr. 13, 6709–6722 (2005).
[Crossref]

Castelletto, S. A.

S. A. Castelletto and R. E. Scholten, “Heralded single photon sources: a route towards quantum communication technology and photon standards,” Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. 41, 181–194 (2008).
[Crossref]

Christ, A.

P. J. Mosley, A. Christ, A. Eckstein, and C. Silberhorn, “Direct measurement of the spatial-spectral structure of waveguided parametric down-conversion,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 233901 (2009).
[Crossref]

Clausen, C.

P. Sekatski, N. Sangouard, F. Bussières, C. Clausen, N. Gisin, and H. Zbinden, “Detector imperfections in photon-pair source characterization,” J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 45, 124016 (2011).
[Crossref]

Cohen, O.

C. Söller, O. Cohen, B. J. Smith, I. A. Walmsley, and C. Silberhorn, “High-performance single-photon generation with commercial-grade optical fibre,” Phys. Rev. A 83, 031806 (2011).
[Crossref]

Colla, A. M.

F. A. Bovino, P. Varisco, A. M. Colla, G. Castagnoli, G. Di Giuseppe, and A. V. Sergienko, “Effective fibre-coupling of entangled photons for quantum communication,” Opt. Comm. 227, 343–348 (2003).
[Crossref]

Corbeil, J.-S.

Curtz, N.

N. Sangouard, B. Sanguinetti, N. Curtz, N. Gisin, R. Thew, and H. Zbinden, “Faithful entanglement swapping based on sum-frequency generation,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 120403 (2011).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

de Riedmatten, H.

N. Sangouard, C. Simon, H. de Riedmatten, and N. Gisin, “Quantum repeaters based on atomic ensembles and linear optics,” Rev. Mod. Phys. 83, 33–80 (2011).
[Crossref]

N. Sangouard, C. Simon, J. Minar, H. Zbinden, H. de Riedmatten, and N. Gisin, “Long-distance entanglement distribution with single-photon sources,” Phys. Rev. A 76, 050301 (2007).
[Crossref]

I. Marcikic, H. de Riedmatten, W. Tittel, V. Scarani, H. Zbinden, and N. Gisin, “Time-bin entangled qubits for quantum communication created by femtosecond pulses,” Phys. Rev. A 66, 062308 (2002).
[Crossref]

Degiovanni, I.

S. Castelletto, I. Degiovanni, V. Schettini, and A. Migdall, “Spatial and spectral mode selection of heralded single photons from pulsed parametric down-conversion,” Opt. Expr. 13, 6709–6722 (2005).
[Crossref]

Degiovanni, I. P.

S. Castelletto, I. P. Degiovanni, V. Schettini, and A. Migdall, “Optimizing single-photon-source heralding efficiency and detection efficiency metrology at 1550 nm using periodically poled lithium niobate,” Metr. 43, S56–S60 (2006).
[Crossref]

Di Giuseppe, G.

F. A. Bovino, P. Varisco, A. M. Colla, G. Castagnoli, G. Di Giuseppe, and A. V. Sergienko, “Effective fibre-coupling of entangled photons for quantum communication,” Opt. Comm. 227, 343–348 (2003).
[Crossref]

Eckstein, A.

P. J. Mosley, A. Christ, A. Eckstein, and C. Silberhorn, “Direct measurement of the spatial-spectral structure of waveguided parametric down-conversion,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 233901 (2009).
[Crossref]

Eisaman, M. D.

M. D. Eisaman, J. Fan, A. Migdall, and S. V. Polyakov, “Invited review article: single-photon sources and detectors,” Rev. Scient. Instrum. 82, 071101 (2011).
[Crossref]

Evans, P. G.

P. G. Evans, R. S. Bennink, W. P. Grice, T. S. Humble, and J. Schaake, “Bright source of spectrally uncorrelated polarization-entangled photons with nearly single-mode emission,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 253601 (2011).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Fan, J.

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T. Lunghi, E. Pomarico, C. Barreiro, D. Stucki, B. Sanguinetti, and H. Zbinden, “Advantages of gated silicon single photon detectors,”  arXiv:1208.4205

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A. Soujaeff, T. Nishioka, T. Hasegawa, S. Takeuchi, T. Tsurumaru, K. Sasaki, and M. Matsui, “Quantum key distribution at 1550 nm using a pulse heralded single photon source,” Opt. Expr. 15, 726–734 (2007).
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P. J. Mosley, J. S. Lundeen, B. J. Smith, P. Wasylczyk, A. B. U’Ren, C. Silberhorn, and I. A. Walmsley, “Heralded generation of ultrafast single photons in pure quantum states,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 133601 (2008).
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C. Söller, O. Cohen, B. J. Smith, I. A. Walmsley, and C. Silberhorn, “High-performance single-photon generation with commercial-grade optical fibre,” Phys. Rev. A 83, 031806 (2011).
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S. Fasel, O. Alibart, S. Tanzilli, P. Baldi, A. Beveratos, N. Gisin, and H. Zbinden, “High-quality asynchronous heralded single-photon source at telecom wavelength,” New Journ. of Phys. 6, 163 (2004).
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Fig. 1 Setup of the source. DM: dichroic mirror; IF: interference filter.

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Fig. 2 a) Measured spectrum of the heralded photons in the pulsed and CW pumping configuration for a PPLN bulk crystal of 4 cm of length. The calculated spectrum is also reported. b) Measured spectrum for a PPLN bulk crystal of 1 cm of length in the pulsed regime compared with the theoretical curve.

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Tables (1)

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Table 1 Comparison between HSP sources based on SPDC and FWM at telecom wavelengths. Synchronous (SYNCH) and asynchronous (ASYNCH) HSP sources are listed in the upper and lower block of the table respectively.

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t 1550 = η H = C S 810 η 1550 ,
t 810 = C ′ S 1550 η 810 .
g a | b ( 2 ) ( 0 ) = f N ( 2 − η b ) p + O ( p 2 ) ,
τ = 1 v g 532 − 1 v g 1550 = n g 532 c − n g 1550 c ,

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