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View SchemaPolarization-controlled single photons
| Authors | T. Wilk, S. C. Webster, H. P. Specht, G. Rempe, A. Kuhn |
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| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0610227 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0610227 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.063601 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 063601 (2007) |
Abstract
Vacuum-stimulated Raman transitions are driven between two magnetic substates of a rubidium-87 atom strongly coupled to an optical cavity. A magnetic field lifts the degeneracy of these states, and the atom is alternately exposed to laser pulses of two different frequencies. This produces a stream of single photons with alternating circular polarization in a predetermined spatio-temporal mode. MHz repetition rates are possible as no recycling of the atom between photon generations is required. Photon indistinguishability is tested by time-resolved two-photon interference.
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