{"abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"A source of single photons allows secure quantum key distribution, in addition, to being a critical resource for linear optics quantum computing. We describe our progress on deterministically creating single photons from spontaneous parametric downconversion, an extension of the Pittman, Jacobs and Franson scheme [Phys. Rev A, v66, 042303 (2002)]. Their idea was to conditionally prepare single photons by measuring one member of a spontaneously emitted photon pair and storing the remaining conditionally prepared photon until a predetermined time, when it would be &quot;deterministically&quot; released from storage. Our approach attempts to improve upon this by recycling the pump pulse in order to decrease the possibility of multiple-pair generation, while maintaining a high probability of producing a single pair. Many of the challenges we discuss are central to other quantum information technologies, including the need for low-loss optical storage, switching and detection, and fast feed-forward control."}],"_id":"578","quality_controlled":0,"date_updated":"2020-07-14T12:47:11Z","conference":{"name":"Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging"},"alternative_title":["Proc. SPIE"],"doi":"10.1117/12.684702","intvolume":"      6305","citation":{"short":"N. Peters, K. Arnold, A. Vandevender, E. Jeffrey, R. Rangarajan, O. Hosten, J. Barreiro, J. Altepeter, P. Kwiat, in:, SPIE, 2006.","ama":"Peters N, Arnold K, Vandevender A, et al. Towards a quasi-deterministic single-photon source. In: Vol 6305. SPIE; 2006. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.684702\">10.1117/12.684702</a>","ista":"Peters N, Arnold K, Vandevender A, Jeffrey E, Rangarajan R, Hosten O, Barreiro J, Altepeter J, Kwiat P. 2006. Towards a quasi-deterministic single-photon source. Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging, Proc. SPIE, vol. 6305.","ieee":"N. Peters <i>et al.</i>, “Towards a quasi-deterministic single-photon source,” presented at the Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging, 2006, vol. 6305.","apa":"Peters, N., Arnold, K., Vandevender, A., Jeffrey, E., Rangarajan, R., Hosten, O., … Kwiat, P. (2006). Towards a quasi-deterministic single-photon source (Vol. 6305). Presented at the Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging, SPIE. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.684702\">https://doi.org/10.1117/12.684702</a>","mla":"Peters, Nicholas, et al. <i>Towards a Quasi-Deterministic Single-Photon Source</i>. Vol. 6305, SPIE, 2006, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.684702\">10.1117/12.684702</a>.","chicago":"Peters, Nicholas, Keith Arnold, Aaron Vandevender, Evan Jeffrey, Radhika Rangarajan, Onur Hosten, Julio Barreiro, Joseph Altepeter, and Paul Kwiat. “Towards a Quasi-Deterministic Single-Photon Source,” Vol. 6305. SPIE, 2006. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.684702\">https://doi.org/10.1117/12.684702</a>."},"author":[{"full_name":"Peters, Nicholas A","last_name":"Peters","first_name":"Nicholas"},{"full_name":"Arnold, Keith J","last_name":"Arnold","first_name":"Keith"},{"first_name":"Aaron","last_name":"Vandevender","full_name":"VanDevender, Aaron P"},{"first_name":"Evan","full_name":"Jeffrey, Evan R","last_name":"Jeffrey"},{"full_name":"Rangarajan, Radhika","last_name":"Rangarajan","first_name":"Radhika"},{"orcid":"0000-0002-2031-204X","id":"4C02D85E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","first_name":"Onur","last_name":"Hosten","full_name":"Onur Hosten"},{"last_name":"Barreiro","full_name":"Barreiro, Julio T","first_name":"Julio"},{"last_name":"Altepeter","full_name":"Altepeter, Joseph B","first_name":"Joseph"},{"last_name":"Kwiat","full_name":"Kwiat, Paul G","first_name":"Paul"}],"publist_id":"7234","status":"public","extern":1,"publication_status":"published","title":"Towards a quasi-deterministic single-photon source","date_published":"2006-01-01T00:00:00Z","date_created":"2018-12-11T11:47:17Z","day":"01","type":"conference","publisher":"SPIE","volume":6305,"year":"2006","month":"01"}