2017/02/20 by Vincent Camus, Camus, Vincent
Engineering · #FOS: Physical sciences #Laser Design and Applications #Photonic and Optical Devices #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1702.06530
openalex publication_date 2017/02/20 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
This report is a synthesis of my master thesis internship at the National Institute of Informatics (NII) in Tokyo, Japan, that lasted during the summer of year 2012. I worked in the Quantum Information Science Theory (QIST) group under supervision of Prof. Kae Nemoto and Dr. Simon Devitt. This group works on theoretical and experimental implementations of quantum information science. The aim of my project was to study and improve quantum optical systems. I first studied different fields and systems of quantum information science. Then I focused my research on single-photon sources, entangled photon sources and interferometric photonic switches. Finally, I found some strategies to design an efficient and optimized single-photon source that could be built with today's technologies. This report describes in details the created and optimized design of a single-photon source based on time and space multiplexing of Spontaneous Parametric Downconversion (SPDC) sources.