High-yield single-photon source using gated spontaneous parametric downconversion

摘要

The construction of a single-photon source by use of gated parametric fluorescence is reported with the measurement results of the photon number distribution, A beamlike twin-photon method is used in order to achieve high-collection efficiency. The estimated probability P(1) to find a single photon in a collimated output pulse is 26.5% at a repetition rate of 10 kHz when the effective quantum efficiency of 27.4% in the detection setup is compensated. (C) 2004 Optical Society of America.