PIRSA:07060002

Single Photon Source on a Breadboard

Bocquillon, E. (2007). Single Photon Source on a Breadboard. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/07060002

Bocquillon, Erwann. Single Photon Source on a Breadboard. Perimeter Institute, Jun. 01, 2007, https://pirsa.org/07060002 

          @misc{ pirsa_07060002,
            doi = {},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/07060002},
            author = {Bocquillon, Erwann},
            keywords = {Quantum Information},
            language = {en},
            title = {Single Photon Source on a Breadboard},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2007},
            month = {jun},
            note = {PIRSA:07060002 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Erwann Bocquillon Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC)

Collection The Fourth Annual Canadian Quantum Information Students' Conference - 2007
Scientific Area
Talk Type Conference

Abstract

In quantum information, one can prove that a secure quantum cryptography channel based on photon key distribution requires reliable single photon sources. If not, a potential eavesdropper may be able to get information using the extra photons. Current sources are based on either attenuated laser beams, which may produce randomly 2 or even more photons at a time following a poissonian statistics, or either based on two level-systems providing single photon sources often requiring cooling or complex set-ups.The goal of our experiment is to provide an easy, robust and compact single photon source using nonlinear optics (parametric down-conversion). We want to study its statistics and compare it to other photon sources. We could use this heralded single photon source to create a quantum communication channel.