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arxiv: 1007.2512 · v1 · pith:QB5ZXMFYnew · submitted 2010-07-15 · 🪐 quant-ph

Experimental realization of a low-noise heralded single photon source

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We present a heralded single-photon source with a much lower level of unwanted background photons in the output channel by using the herald photon to control a shutter in the heralded channel. The shutter is implemented using a simple field programable gate array controlled optical switch.

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