Controlled single photon emission from a single trapped two-level atom

Darquie, B.; Jones, M.P.A.; Dingjan, J.; Beugnon, J.; Bergamini, S.; Sortais, Y.; Messin, G.; Browaeys, A.; Grangier, P.

Abstract

By illuminating an individual rubidium atom stored in a tight optical tweezer with short resonant light pulses, we created an efficient triggered source of single photons with a well-defined polarization. The measured intensity correlation of the emitted light pulses exhibits almost perfect antibunching. Such a source of high-rate, fully controlled single-photon pulses has many potential applications for quantum information processing.

Citation

Darquie, B., Jones, M., Dingjan, J., Beugnon, J., Bergamini, S., Sortais, Y., …Grangier, P. (2005). Controlled single photon emission from a single trapped two-level atom. Science, 309(5733), 454-456. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1113394

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2005-07
• Deposit Date: Dec 18, 2006
• Journal: Science
• Print ISSN: 0036-8075
• Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
• Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 309
• Issue: 5733
• Pages: 454-456
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1113394
• Keywords: Deterministic quantum teleportation, Entanglement, Generation, Cavity.
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1582244