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

authored by: 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.
External Organisation(s): National Metrology Institute of Germany (PTB)
Laboratory for Emerging Nanometrology Braunschweig (LENA)
Cesky Metrologicky Institut (CMI)
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Saarland University
CNR National Institute of Optics (INO)
University of Florence (UniFi)
Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi
Instituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRIM)
Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRiM)
Technische Universität Berlin
Type: Article
Journal: Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics
Volume: 128
ISSN: 1432-0649
Publication date: 23.01.2022
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Physics and Astronomy(all), Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-021-07734-2 (Access: Open)

BibTeX

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title = "Single photon sources for quantum radiometry: a brief review about the current state-of-the-art",
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.",
author = "Stefan K{\"u}ck and Marco L{\'o}pez and Helmuth Hofer and Hristina Georgieva and Justus Christinck and Beatrice Rodiek and Geiland Porrovecchio and Marek {\v S}mid and Stephan G{\"o}tzinger and Christoph Becher and Philipp Fuchs and Pietro Lombardi and Costanza Toninelli and Marco Trapuzzano and Maja Colautti and Giancarlo Margheri and Degiovanni, {Ivo Pietro} and Paolo Traina and Sven Rodt and Stephan Reitzenstein",
note = "Funding information: This work was funded by the project 17FUN06 SIQUST. This project has received funding from the EMPIR programme co-financed by the Participating States and from the European Union{\textquoteright}s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. This project (EMPIR 20FUN05 SEQUME) has received funding from the EMPIR programme co-financed by the Participating States and from the European Union{\textquoteright}s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Braunschweig International Graduate School of Metrology B-IGSM and the DFG Research Training Group 1952 Metrology for Complex Nanosystems. This work was also supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany{\textquoteright}s Excellence Strategy—EXC- 2123 QuantumFrontiers—390837967.",
year = "2022",
month = jan,
day = "23",
doi = "10.1007/s00340-021-07734-2",
language = "English",
volume = "128",
journal = "Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics",
issn = "1432-0649",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
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