Pure single photons from a trapped atom source

Single atoms or atom-like emitters are the purest source of single photons, they are intrinsically incapable of multi-photon emission. To demonstrate this degree of photon number-state purity we have realized a single-photon source using a single ion trapped at the common focus of high numerical ape...

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Main Authors: D B Higginbottom, L Slodička, G Araneda, L Lachman, R Filip, M Hennrich, R Blatt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2016-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/18/9/093038