Single photon from a quantum emitter? It's a matter of timing...
Tuesday, April 9, 2013 - 06:50
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org) —Many systems envisioned for practical quantum information processing require the use of single, indistinguishable photons as carriers of information and logic operators. So researchers in the field need to be certain that their light sources can dependably produce individual photons in identical states.