Entangled atoms as a source of single photons and entangled pairs on demand
Talk
Mark Saffman
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
Oct. 15, 2003, noon
Sala de Juntes, Ed. Mateu Orfila
We discuss the use of entangled atomic ensembles to create an on demand source of single photons in an optically controlled spatial mode that is diffraction limited. Dimensionality reduction of the atomic ensemble allows entangled photon pairs to be created.