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Single-photon sources based on asymmetric spatial multiplexing with optimized inputs

URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2110.00756v1
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2021 08:40:46 GMT
Title: Single-photon sources based on asymmetric spatial multiplexing with optimized inputs
Authors: Peter Adam, Ferenc Bodog, Matyas Koniorczyk, and Matyas Mechler
Abstract summary: We analyze periodic single-photon sources based on asymmetric spatial multiplexing realized with general asymmetric routers. We find the highest single-photon probability that our scheme can achieve in principle when realized with state-of-the-art bulk optical elements is 0.935.
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Abstract: We develop a statistical theory describing the operation of multiplexed single-photon sources equipped with photon-number-resolving detectors that includes the potential use of different input mean photon numbers in each of the multiplexed units. This theory accounts for all relevant loss mechanisms and allows for the maximization of the single-photon probabilities under realistic conditions by optimizing the different input mean photon numbers unit-wise and the detection strategy that can be defined in terms of actual detected photon numbers. We apply this novel description to analyze periodic single-photon sources based on asymmetric spatial multiplexing realized with general asymmetric routers. We show that optimizing the different input mean photon numbers results in maximal single-photon probabilities higher than those achieved by using optimal identical input mean photon numbers in this setup. We identify the parameter ranges of the system for which the enhancement in the single-photon probability for the various detection strategies is relevant. An additional advantage of the unit-wise optimization of the input mean photon numbers is that it can result in the decrease of the optimal system size needed to maximize the single-photon probability. We find that the highest single-photon probability that our scheme can achieve in principle when realized with state-of-the-art bulk optical elements is 0.935. This is the highest one to our knowledge that has been reported thus far in the literature for experimentally realizable single-photon sources.

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