Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 69, Number 6, March 2005
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Page(s) | 945 - 951 | |
Section | Electromagnetism, optics, acoustics, heat transfer, classical mechanics, and fluid dynamics | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2004-10453-5 | |
Published online | 23 February 2005 |
Single photons on demand from 3D photonic band-gap structures
1
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
2
QOLS, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BW, UK
3
Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck Technikerstr. 25, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
4
Hearne Institute for Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy Louisiana State University - 202 Nicholson Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
Corresponding author: Marian.Florescu@jpl.nasa.gov
Received:
2
November
2004
Accepted:
28
January
2005
We describe a practical implementation of a (semi-deterministic)
photon gun based on stimulated Raman adiabatic passage pumping
and the strong enhancement of the photonic density of states in a
photonic band-gap material. We show that this device allows
deterministic and unidirectional production of
single photons with a high repetition rate of the order of
100. We also discuss specific 3D photonic micro-structure
architectures in which our model can be realized and the
feasibility of implementing such a device using
ions that produce single photons at the telecommunication
wavelength of 1.55
.
PACS: 42.70.Qs – Photonic bandgap materials / 42.50.Dv – Nonclassical states of the electromagnetic field, including entangled photon states; quantum state engineering and measurements / 03.67.Dd – Quantum cryptography
© EDP Sciences, 2005
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