Narrowband high-fidelity all-fibre source of heralded single photons at 1570 nm

A.R. McMillan; J. Fulconis; M. Halder; C. Xiong; J.G. Rarity; W.J. Wadsworth

doi:10.1364/OE.17.006156

Narrowband high-fidelity all-fibre source of heralded single photons at 1570 nm

A.R. McMillan, J. Fulconis, M. Halder, C. Xiong, J.G. Rarity, and W.J. Wadsworth

Optics Express
Vol. 17,
Issue 8,
pp. 6156-6165
(2009)
•https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.006156

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- Original Manuscript: January 21, 2009
- Revised Manuscript: February 19, 2009
- Manuscript Accepted: February 25, 2009
- Published: April 1, 2009

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Abstract

An all-fibre heralded single photon source operating at 1570 nm has been demonstrated. The device generates correlated photon pairs, widely spaced in frequency, through four-wave mixing in a photonic crystal fibre. Separation of the pair photons and narrowband filtering is all achieved in fibre. The output heralded single photon rate was 9.2 × 10⁴ per second, with a counts-to-accidentals ratio of 10.4 and a heralding fidelity of 52 %. Furthermore, narrowband filtering ensured that the output single photon state was near time-bandwidth limited with a coherence length of 4 ps. Such a source is well suited to quantum information processing applications.

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2008 (6)

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[Crossref]

J. Chen, J. B. Altepeter, M. Medic, K. F. Lee, B. Gokden, R. H. Hadfield, S. W. Nam, and P. Kumar, “Demonstration of a quantum controlled-NOT gate in the telecommunications band,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 133603 (2008).
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[Crossref]

C. Xiong and W. J. Wadsworth, “Polarized supercontinuum in birefringent photonic crystal fibre pumped at 1064 nm and application to tuneable visible/UV generation,” Opt. Express 16, 2438–2445 (2008).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

2007 (2)

J. Fulconis, O. Alibart, W.J. Wadsworth, and J. G. Rarity, “Quantum interference with photon pairs using two micro-structured fibres,” New J. Phys. 9, 276 (2007).
[Crossref]

J. L. O’Brien, “Optical quantum computing,” Science 318, 1567–1570 (2007).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

2005 (3)

J. G. Rarity, J. Fulconis, J. Duligall, W. J. Wadsworth, and P. St. J. Russell, “Photonic crystal fiber source of correlated photon pairs,” Opt. Express 13, 534–544 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

O. Alibart, D.B. Ostrowsky, P. Baldi, and S. Tanzilli, “High-performance guided-wave asynchronous heralded single-photon source,” Opt. Lett. 30, 1539–1541 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

J. Fulconis, O. Alibart, W. J. Wadsworth, P. St. J. Russell, and J. G. Rarity, “High brightness single mode source of correlated photon pairs using a photonic crystal fiber,” Opt. Express 13, 7572–7582 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

2004 (4)

W. J. Wadsworth, N. Joly, J. C. Knight, T. A. Birks, F. Biancalana, and P. St. J. Russell, “Supercontinuum and four-wave mixing with Q-switched pulses in endlessly single-mode photonic crystal fibres,” Opt. Express 12, 299–309 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

S. Fasel, O. Alibart, S. Tanzilli, P. Baldi, A. Beveratos, N. Gisin, and H. Zbinden, “High-quality asynchronous heralded single-photon source at telecom wavelength,” New J. Phys 6, 163 (2004).
[Crossref]

S. Gasparoni, J. W. Pan, P. Walther, T. Rudolph, and A. Zeilinger, “Realization of a photonic controlled-NOT gate sufficient for quantum computation,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 020504 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

A. B. U’Ren, C. Silberhorn, K. Banaszek, and I. A. Walmsley, “Efficiant conditional preparation of high-fidelity single photon states for fiber-optic quantum networks,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 093601 (2004).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

2003 (1)

J. D. Harvey, R. Leonhardt, S. Coen, G. K. L. Wong, J. C. Knight, W. J. Wadsworth, and P. St. J. Russell, “Scalar modulation instability in the normal dispersion regime by use of a photonic crystal fiber,” Opt. Lett. 28, 2225–2227 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

2002 (1)

N. Gisin, G. Ribordy, W. Tittel, and H. Zbinden, “Quantum cryptography,” Rev. Mod. Phys. 74, 145–195 (2002).
[Crossref]

2001 (2)

S. Tanzilli, H. De Riedmatten, W. Tittel, H. Zbinden, P. Baldi, M. De Micheli, D. B. Ostrowsky, and N. Gisin, “Highly efficient photon-pair source using periodically poled lithium niobate waveguide,” Elec. Lett. 37, 26–28 (2001).
[Crossref]

E. Knill, R. Laflamme, and G. J. Milburn, “A scheme for efficient quantum computation with linear optics,” Nature 409, 46–52 (2001).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

2000 (2)

P. Michler, A. Kiraz, C. Becher, W. V. Schoenfeld, P. M. Petroff, L. Zhang, E. Hu, and A. Imamoglu, “A quantum dot single-photon turnstile device,” Science 290, 2282–2285 (2000).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

T. Jennewein, C. Simon, G. Weihs, H. Weinfurter, and A. Zeilinger, “Quantum cryptography with entangled photons,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4729–4732 (2000).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

1998 (1)

H. J. Briegel, W. Dür, J. I. Cirac, and P. Zoller, “Quantum repeaters: the role of imperfect local operations in quantum communications,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 5932–5935 (1998).
[Crossref]

1997 (2)

D. Bouwmeester, J. W. Pan, K. Mattle, M. Eibl, H. Weinfurter, and A. Zeilinger, “Experimental quantum teleportation,” Nature 390, 575–579 (1997).
[Crossref]

T. A. Birks, J. C. Knight, and P. St. J. Russell, “Endlessly single-mode photonic crystal fibre,” Opt. Lett. 22, 961–963 (1997).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

1996 (2)

J. C. Knight, T. A. Birks, P. St. J. Russell, and D. M. Atkin, “All-silica single-mode optical fiber with photonic crystal cladding,” Opt. Lett. 21, 1547–1549 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

K. Mattle, H. Weinfurter, P. G. Kwait, and A. Zeilinger, “Dense coding in experimental quantum communication,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 4656–4959 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

1995 (1)

P. G. Kwait, K. Mattle, H. Weinfurter, A. Zeilinger, A. V. Sergienko, and Y. H. Shih, “New high-intensity source of polarization-entangled photon pairs,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 4337–4342 (1995).
[Crossref]

1993 (1)

C. H. Bennett, G. Brassard, C. Crepéau, R. Jozsa, A. Peres, and W. K. Wooters, “Teleporting an unknown quantum state via dual classical and Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen channels,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, 1895–1899 (1993).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

1992 (1)

A. K. Ekert, J. G. Rarity, R. Tapster, and G. M. Palma, “Practical quantum cryptography based on two-photon interferometry,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 69, 1293–1295 (1992).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Alibart, O.

J. Fulconis, O. Alibart, W.J. Wadsworth, and J. G. Rarity, “Quantum interference with photon pairs using two micro-structured fibres,” New J. Phys. 9, 276 (2007).
[Crossref]

O. Alibart, D.B. Ostrowsky, P. Baldi, and S. Tanzilli, “High-performance guided-wave asynchronous heralded single-photon source,” Opt. Lett. 30, 1539–1541 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Altepeter, J. B.

Atkin, D. M.

J. C. Knight, T. A. Birks, P. St. J. Russell, and D. M. Atkin, “All-silica single-mode optical fiber with photonic crystal cladding,” Opt. Lett. 21, 1547–1549 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Baldi, P.

O. Alibart, D.B. Ostrowsky, P. Baldi, and S. Tanzilli, “High-performance guided-wave asynchronous heralded single-photon source,” Opt. Lett. 30, 1539–1541 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Banaszek, K.

Becher, C.

Bennett, C. H.

Beveratos, A.

M. Halder, A. Beveratos, R. Thew, C. Jorel, H. Zbinden, and N. Gisin, “High coherence photon pair source for quantum communication,” New J. Phys. 10, 023027 (2008).
[Crossref]

Biancalana, F.

Birks, T. A.

T. A. Birks, J. C. Knight, and P. St. J. Russell, “Endlessly single-mode photonic crystal fibre,” Opt. Lett. 22, 961–963 (1997).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

J. C. Knight, T. A. Birks, P. St. J. Russell, and D. M. Atkin, “All-silica single-mode optical fiber with photonic crystal cladding,” Opt. Lett. 21, 1547–1549 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Bouwmeester, D.

D. Bouwmeester, J. W. Pan, K. Mattle, M. Eibl, H. Weinfurter, and A. Zeilinger, “Experimental quantum teleportation,” Nature 390, 575–579 (1997).
[Crossref]

Brassard, G.

Briegel, H. J.

H. J. Briegel, W. Dür, J. I. Cirac, and P. Zoller, “Quantum repeaters: the role of imperfect local operations in quantum communications,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 5932–5935 (1998).
[Crossref]

Castelletto, S. A.

Chen, J.

Cirac, J. I.

H. J. Briegel, W. Dür, J. I. Cirac, and P. Zoller, “Quantum repeaters: the role of imperfect local operations in quantum communications,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 5932–5935 (1998).
[Crossref]

Clark, A. S.

A. S. Clark, J. Fulconis, J. G. Rarity, W. J. Wadsworth, and J. L. O’Brien, “An all optical fibre quantum controlled-NOT gate,” arXiv:quant-ph/0802.1676 (2008).

Coen, S.

Crepéau, C.

De Micheli, M.

De Riedmatten, H.

Duligall, J.

J. G. Rarity, J. Fulconis, J. Duligall, W. J. Wadsworth, and P. St. J. Russell, “Photonic crystal fiber source of correlated photon pairs,” Opt. Express 13, 534–544 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Dür, W.

H. J. Briegel, W. Dür, J. I. Cirac, and P. Zoller, “Quantum repeaters: the role of imperfect local operations in quantum communications,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 5932–5935 (1998).
[Crossref]

Eibl, M.

D. Bouwmeester, J. W. Pan, K. Mattle, M. Eibl, H. Weinfurter, and A. Zeilinger, “Experimental quantum teleportation,” Nature 390, 575–579 (1997).
[Crossref]

Eisaman, M.D.

E. A. Goldschmidt, M.D. Eisaman, J. Fan, S. V. Polyakov, and A. Migdall, “Spectrally bright and broad fiber-based heralded single-photon source,” Phys. Rev. A 78, 013844 (2008).
[Crossref]

Ekert, A. K.

A. K. Ekert, J. G. Rarity, R. Tapster, and G. M. Palma, “Practical quantum cryptography based on two-photon interferometry,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 69, 1293–1295 (1992).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Fan, J.

E. A. Goldschmidt, M.D. Eisaman, J. Fan, S. V. Polyakov, and A. Migdall, “Spectrally bright and broad fiber-based heralded single-photon source,” Phys. Rev. A 78, 013844 (2008).
[Crossref]

Fasel, S.

Fulconis, J.

J. Fulconis, O. Alibart, W.J. Wadsworth, and J. G. Rarity, “Quantum interference with photon pairs using two micro-structured fibres,” New J. Phys. 9, 276 (2007).
[Crossref]

J. G. Rarity, J. Fulconis, J. Duligall, W. J. Wadsworth, and P. St. J. Russell, “Photonic crystal fiber source of correlated photon pairs,” Opt. Express 13, 534–544 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

A. S. Clark, J. Fulconis, J. G. Rarity, W. J. Wadsworth, and J. L. O’Brien, “An all optical fibre quantum controlled-NOT gate,” arXiv:quant-ph/0802.1676 (2008).

Gasparoni, S.

Gisin, N.

M. Halder, A. Beveratos, R. Thew, C. Jorel, H. Zbinden, and N. Gisin, “High coherence photon pair source for quantum communication,” New J. Phys. 10, 023027 (2008).
[Crossref]

N. Gisin, G. Ribordy, W. Tittel, and H. Zbinden, “Quantum cryptography,” Rev. Mod. Phys. 74, 145–195 (2002).
[Crossref]

Gokden, B.

Goldschmidt, E. A.

E. A. Goldschmidt, M.D. Eisaman, J. Fan, S. V. Polyakov, and A. Migdall, “Spectrally bright and broad fiber-based heralded single-photon source,” Phys. Rev. A 78, 013844 (2008).
[Crossref]

Hadfield, R. H.

Halder, M.

M. Halder, A. Beveratos, R. Thew, C. Jorel, H. Zbinden, and N. Gisin, “High coherence photon pair source for quantum communication,” New J. Phys. 10, 023027 (2008).
[Crossref]

Harvey, J. D.

Hu, E.

Imamoglu, A.

Jennewein, T.

T. Jennewein, C. Simon, G. Weihs, H. Weinfurter, and A. Zeilinger, “Quantum cryptography with entangled photons,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4729–4732 (2000).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Joly, N.

Jorel, C.

M. Halder, A. Beveratos, R. Thew, C. Jorel, H. Zbinden, and N. Gisin, “High coherence photon pair source for quantum communication,” New J. Phys. 10, 023027 (2008).
[Crossref]

Jozsa, R.

Kiraz, A.

Knight, J. C.

T. A. Birks, J. C. Knight, and P. St. J. Russell, “Endlessly single-mode photonic crystal fibre,” Opt. Lett. 22, 961–963 (1997).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

J. C. Knight, T. A. Birks, P. St. J. Russell, and D. M. Atkin, “All-silica single-mode optical fiber with photonic crystal cladding,” Opt. Lett. 21, 1547–1549 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Knill, E.

E. Knill, R. Laflamme, and G. J. Milburn, “A scheme for efficient quantum computation with linear optics,” Nature 409, 46–52 (2001).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Kumar, P.

Kwait, P. G.

K. Mattle, H. Weinfurter, P. G. Kwait, and A. Zeilinger, “Dense coding in experimental quantum communication,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 4656–4959 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Laflamme, R.

E. Knill, R. Laflamme, and G. J. Milburn, “A scheme for efficient quantum computation with linear optics,” Nature 409, 46–52 (2001).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Lee, K. F.

Leonhardt, R.

Lundeen, J. S.

Mattle, K.

D. Bouwmeester, J. W. Pan, K. Mattle, M. Eibl, H. Weinfurter, and A. Zeilinger, “Experimental quantum teleportation,” Nature 390, 575–579 (1997).
[Crossref]

K. Mattle, H. Weinfurter, P. G. Kwait, and A. Zeilinger, “Dense coding in experimental quantum communication,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 4656–4959 (1996).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Medic, M.

Michler, P.

Migdall, A.

E. A. Goldschmidt, M.D. Eisaman, J. Fan, S. V. Polyakov, and A. Migdall, “Spectrally bright and broad fiber-based heralded single-photon source,” Phys. Rev. A 78, 013844 (2008).
[Crossref]

Milburn, G. J.

E. Knill, R. Laflamme, and G. J. Milburn, “A scheme for efficient quantum computation with linear optics,” Nature 409, 46–52 (2001).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Mosley, P. J.

Nam, S. W.

O’Brien, J. L.

J. L. O’Brien, “Optical quantum computing,” Science 318, 1567–1570 (2007).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

A. S. Clark, J. Fulconis, J. G. Rarity, W. J. Wadsworth, and J. L. O’Brien, “An all optical fibre quantum controlled-NOT gate,” arXiv:quant-ph/0802.1676 (2008).

Ostrowsky, D. B.

Ostrowsky, D.B.

O. Alibart, D.B. Ostrowsky, P. Baldi, and S. Tanzilli, “High-performance guided-wave asynchronous heralded single-photon source,” Opt. Lett. 30, 1539–1541 (2005).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Palma, G. M.

A. K. Ekert, J. G. Rarity, R. Tapster, and G. M. Palma, “Practical quantum cryptography based on two-photon interferometry,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 69, 1293–1295 (1992).
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Fig. 1. SEM image of the PCF structure used. The core size is 5 μm and the ratio of the air hole diameter to the pitch d /Λ is 0.33. The zero dispersion wavelength is 1087 nm.

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Fig. 2. Calculated phasematching curve for the PCF with a peak pump power of 12 W.

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Fig. 3. Schematic diagram showing the all-fibre single photon source, the launch optics and detectors used. λ/2 is a half wave plate and black crosses indicate splices. WDM consists of two spliced fused fibre wavelength division multiplexing components separating 803 nm, 1064 nm and 1570 nm light into different fibres, with a termination on the 1064 nm path.

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Fig. 4. Coincidence count rate between the two output arms of the device as a function of the variable electronic delay. This data was taken with a pump power of 65 mW incident on the PCF. The singles count rate in the signal arm was 180 kC/s at the main coincidence peak.

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Fig. 5. Variation of the coincidence count rate with average input pump power. The measured counts-to-accidentals ratios were 18.6 and 46.5 for the high and low power cases respectively. At both pump powers the heralding fidelity was measured to be 51 %.

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Fig. 6. Measured transmission of broadband light through the device from directly after the PCF to the InGaAs detector. The wavelength dependence of the transmission profile is due to the reflection from the narrowband fibre Bragg grating.

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