Towards the quantum candela: a calibrated flux of five million single photons per second delivered by a single-mode fiber

Rachel N. Clark; Petros Androvitsaneas; Luke Arabskyj; Philip R Dolan; Ted S. Santana; Christopher J. Chunnilall; Alastair G. Sinclair; Ian Farrer; Anthony J. Bennett

doi:10.1117/12.2671755

19 July 2023 Towards the quantum candela: a calibrated flux of five million single photons per second delivered by a single-mode fiber

Rachel N. Clark, Petros Androvitsaneas, Luke Arabskyj, Philip R Dolan, Ted S. Santana, Christopher J. Chunnilall, Alastair G. Sinclair, Ian Farrer, Anthony J. Bennett

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Proceedings Volume PC12633, Photonics for Quantum 2023; PC126330K (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2671755
Event: Photonics for Quantum, 2023, Rochester, New York, United States

Abstract

In this work we demonstrate a record optical power of single-photon flux measured on a SI-traceable trap detector. This flux was measured using a single-mode fiber, allowing for the absolute calibration of a superconducting nanowire detector. Single-photons from an InGaAs quantum dot in a micropillar cavity were determined to have an optical power of 1.06±0.03pW or 4.95±0.14 ×10^6 photons per second as measured on the calibrated trap detector. The single-photon fluorescence at this power exhibited a g(2)(τ=0) of 0.13.

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Rachel N. Clark, Petros Androvitsaneas, Luke Arabskyj, Philip R Dolan, Ted S. Santana, Christopher J. Chunnilall, Alastair G. Sinclair, Ian Farrer, and Anthony J. Bennett "Towards the quantum candela: a calibrated flux of five million single photons per second delivered by a single-mode fiber", Proc. SPIE PC12633, Photonics for Quantum 2023, PC126330K (19 July 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2671755

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