Pushing the limits of single-photon information encoding

T. Hummel; Tristan Bernhard Horst Tentrup; Ravitej Uppu; Allard Mosk; Pepijn Willemszoon Harry Pinkse

doi:10.1109/WIO.2016.7745593

Pushing the limits of single-photon information encoding

T. Hummel, Tristan Bernhard Horst Tentrup, Ravitej Uppu, Allard Mosk, Pepijn Willemszoon Harry Pinkse

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Abstract

Single photons are the carrier of choice in many quantum information processing protocols. Encoding information in a high-dimensional Hilbert space allows for the transfer of more than one bit of information per photon. We use a spatial light modulator (SLM) to direct the single photons to distinct positions of a virtual grid in the Fourier plane of the SLM. An electron-multiplying CCD (EMCCD) was used to detect the position of the photon at the receiver side. After analyzing the data, we conclude that, in contrast to an intensified CCD (ICCD), an EMCCD is not suited to detect the position of one single photon impinging on the camera in a single-shot measurement.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 15th Workshop on Information Optics (WIO)
Place of Publication	Barcelona
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	-
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/WIO.2016.7745593
Publication status	Published - 11 Jul 2016
Event	15th Workshop on Information Optics - Barcelona, Spain Duration: 11 Jul 2016 → 15 Jul 2016

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Name
Publisher	IEEE

Conference

Conference	15th Workshop on Information Optics
Abbreviated title	WIO 2016
Country	Spain
City	Barcelona
Period	11/07/16 → 15/07/16

Keywords

IR-102889
METIS-320427

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