Luminescence-induced noise in single photon sources based on BBO crystals

2014/05/28 by Radek Machulka, Karel Lemr, Ondřej Haderka +3
Computer Science · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Computer science #Luminescence #Materials science #Mathematics #Noise (video) #Optics #Optoelectronics #Parametric statistics #Photon #Physics #Quantum #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum entanglement #Quantum mechanics #Quantum optics #Quantum optics and atomic interactions #Random lasers and scattering media #Spontaneous parametric down-conversion #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0953-4075/47/21/215501

published as J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 47, 215501 (2014) · 7 pages, 7 figures

arxiv created 2014/05/28 · openalex publication_date 2014/10/15 · arxiv updated 2014/10/17 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Single-photon sources based on the process of spontaneous parametric down-conversion play a key role in various applied disciplines of quantum optics. We characterize intrinsic luminescence of BBO crystals as a source of non-removable noise in quantum-optics experiments. By analysing its spectral and temporal properties together with its intensity, we evaluate the impact of luminescence on single-photon state preparation using spontaneous parametric down-conversion.

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