Temporal Multiplexing of Heralded Photons Based on Thin Film Lithium Niobate Photonics

2023/12/08 by Ekici, Cagin, Yu, Yonghe, Adcock, Jeremy C. +8
#FOS: Physical sciences #Quantum Physics (quant-ph)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2312.05280

Abstract

Heralded photons from a silicon source are temporally multiplexed utilizing thin film lithium niobate photonics. The time-multiplexed source, operating at a rate of R = 62.2 MHz, enhances single photon probability by 3.25 ± 0.05.

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