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Deterministic single-photon source for distributed quantum networking.

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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10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.067901

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Atomic & Laser Physics
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Volume:
89
Issue:
6
Pages:
067901 4pp
Publication date:
2002-08-05
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EISSN:
1079-7114
ISSN:
0031-9007


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English
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uuid:270f9218-8428-4c84-b1d2-b6fbee3f5a8e
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pubs:701
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701
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2012-06-15

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