Deterministic Single-Photon Source for Distributed Quantum Networking

Axel Kuhn, Markus Hennrich, and Gerhard Rempe
Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 067901 – Published 19 July 2002

Abstract

A sequence of single photons is emitted on demand from a single three-level atom strongly coupled to a high-finesse optical cavity. The photons are generated by an adiabatically driven stimulated Raman transition between two atomic ground states, with the vacuum field of the cavity stimulating one branch of the transition, and laser pulses deterministically driving the other branch. This process is unitary and therefore intrinsically reversible, which is essential for quantum communication and networking, and the photons should be appropriate for all-optical quantum information processing.

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  • Received 25 April 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.067901

©2002 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Axel Kuhn, Markus Hennrich, and Gerhard Rempe

  • Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany

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Kuhn, Hennrich, and Rempe Reply:

Axel Kuhn, Markus Hennrich, and Gerhard Rempe
Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 249802 (2003)

Comment on “Deterministic Single-Photon Source for Distributed Quantum Networking”

H. J. Kimble
Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 249801 (2003)

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Vol. 89, Iss. 6 — 5 August 2002

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