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Single photon sources: ubiquitous tools in quantum information processing

Quantum Physics 2019-08-28 v1

Abstract

Quantum technologies are the next big revolution in information technologies, computing, communication security, sensing as well as metrology. What do you use to explore all these fascinating applications when you work in Optics? Photons of course. In this review, we discuss the different available single photon source technologies, compare and contrast them in terms of applicability and properties, discuss state of the art and conclude that the future is indeed bright!

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@article{arxiv.1906.09565,
  title  = {Single photon sources: ubiquitous tools in quantum information processing},
  author = {Urbasi Sinha and Surya Narayan Sahoo and Ashutosh Singh and Kaushik Joarder and Rishab Chatterjee and Sanchari Chakraborti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.09565},
  year   = {2019}
}

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Invited feature article: To appear in Optics and Photonics News (OPN)

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