Single-Photon Generation and Detection: Physics and Applications

✍ Scribed by Alan Migdall, Sergey V. Polyakov, Jingyun Fan and Joshua C. Bienfang (Eds.)

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2013
• Leaves: 593
• Series: Experimental Methods in the Physical Sciences 45
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Single-photon generation and detection is at the forefront of modern optical physics research. This book is intended to provide a comprehensive overview of the current status of single-photon techniques and research methods in the spectral region from the visible to the infrared. The use of single photons, produced on demand with well-defined quantum properties, offers an unprecedented set of capabilities that are central to the new area of quantum information and are of revolutionary importance in areas that range from the traditional, such as high sensitivity detection for astronomy, remote sensing, and medical diagnostics, to the exotic, such as secretive surveillance and very long communication links for data transmission on interplanetary missions. The goal of this volume is to provide researchers with a comprehensive overview of the technology and techniques that are available to enable them to better design an experimental plan for its intended purpose. The book will be broken into chapters focused specifically on the development and capabilities of the available detectors and sources to allow a comparative understanding to be developed by the reader along with and idea of how the field is progressing and what can be expected in the near future. Along with this technology, we will include chapters devoted to the applications of this technology, which is in fact much of the driver for its development. This is set to become the go-to reference for this field.

• Covers all the basic aspects needed to perform single-photon experiments and serves as the first reference to any newcomer who would like to produce an experimental design that incorporates the latest techniques

• Provides a comprehensive overview of the current status of single-photon techniques and research methods in the spectral region from the visible to the infrared, thus giving broad background that should enable newcomers to the field to make rapid progress in gaining proficiency

• Written by leading experts in the field, among which, the leading Editor is recognized as having laid down the roadmap, thus providing the reader with an authenticated and reliable source

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Experimental Methods in the Physical Sciences
Page i

Editorial Chief
Page ii

Single-Photon Generation and Detection
Page iii

Copyright
Page iv

Contributors
Pages xiii-xv

Volumes in series
Pages xvii-xix

Preface
Pages xxi-xxii

Chapter 1 - Introduction
Pages 1-24
J.C. Bienfang, J. Fan, A. Migdall, S.V. Polyakov

Chapter 2 - Photon Statistics, Measurements, and Measurements Tools
Pages 25-68
Martin J. Stevens

Chapter 3 - Photomultiplier Tubes
Pages 69-82
Sergey V. Polyakov

Chapter 4 - Semiconductor-Based Detectors
Pages 83-146
Sergio Cova, Massimo Ghioni, Mark A. Itzler, Joshua C. Bienfang, Alessandro Restelli

Chapter 5 - Novel Semiconductor Single-Photon Detectors
Pages 147-183
Jungsang Kim, Kyle S. McKay, Paul G. Kwiat, Kevin Zielnicki, Eric J. Gansen

Chapter 6 - Detectors Based on Superconductors
Pages 185-216
Karl K. Berggren, Eric A. Dauler, Andrew J. Kerman, Sae-Woo Nam, Danna Rosenberg

Chapter 7 - Hybrid Detectors
Pages 217-255
Ivo Pietro Degiovanni, Sergey Polyakov, Alan Migdall, Hendrik B. Coldenstrodt-Ronge, Ian A. Walmsley, Franco N.C. Wong

Chapter 8 - Single-Photon Detector Calibration
Pages 257-281
Sergey V. Polyakov

Chapter 9 - Quantum Detector Tomography
Pages 283-313
Lijian Zhang, Hendrik Coldenstrodt-Ronge, Animesh Datta, Ian A. Walmsley

Chapter 10 - The First Single-Photon Sources
Pages 315-350
Alain Aspect, Philippe Grangier

Chapter 11 - Parametric Down-Conversion
Pages 351-410
Andreas Christ, Alessandro Fedrizzi, Hannes Hübel, Thomas Jennewein, Christine Silberhorn

Chapter 12 - Four-Wave Mixing in Single-Mode Optical Fibers
Pages 411-465
Alex McMillan, Yu-Ping Huang, Bryn Bell, Alex Clark, Prem Kumar, John Rarity

Chapter 13 - Single Emitters in Isolated Quantum Systems
Pages 467-539
Glenn S. Solomon, Charles Santori, Axel Kuhn

Chapter 14 - Generation and Storage of Single Photons in Collectively Excited Atomic Ensembles
Pages 541-562
Bo Zhao, Jian-Wei Pan

Index
Pages 563-569