Single photon sources for quantum radiometry: a brief review about the current state-of-the-art

verfasst von
Stefan Kück, Marco López, Helmuth Hofer, Hristina Georgieva, Justus Christinck, Beatrice Rodiek, Geiland Porrovecchio, Marek Šmid, Stephan Götzinger, Christoph Becher, Philipp Fuchs, Pietro Lombardi, Costanza Toninelli, Marco Trapuzzano, Maja Colautti, Giancarlo Margheri, Ivo Pietro Degiovanni, Paolo Traina, Sven Rodt, Stephan Reitzenstein
Abstract

Single-photon sources have a variety of applications. One of these is quantum radiometry, which is reported on in this paper in the form of an overview, specifically of the current state of the art in the application of deterministic single photon sources to the calibration of single photon detectors. To optimize single-photon sources for this purpose, extensive research is currently carried out at the European National Metrology Institutes (NMIs), in collaboration with partners from universities. Single-photon sources of different types are currently under investigation, including sources based on defect centres in (nano-)diamonds, on molecules and on semiconductor quantum dots. We will present, summarise, and compare the current results obtained at European NMIs for single-photon sources in terms of photon flux, single-photon purity, and spectral power distribution as well as the results of single-photon detector calibrations carried out with this type of light sources.

Externe Organisation(en)
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
Laboratory for Emerging Nanometrology Braunschweig (LENA)
Cesky Metrologicky Institut (CMI)
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Universität des Saarlandes
CNR Istituto Nazionale di Ottica (INO)
Università degli Studi di Firenze (UniFi)
Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi
Instituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRIM)
Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRiM)
Technische Universität Berlin
Typ
Artikel
Journal
Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics
Band
128
ISSN
1432-0649
Publikationsdatum
23.01.2022
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Physik und Astronomie (insg.), Physik und Astronomie (sonstige)
Elektronische Version(en)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-021-07734-2 (Zugang: Offen)