We propose and experimentally demonstrate a novel approach to a heralded single photon source based on spectral multiplexing (SMUX) and feed-forward-based spectral manipulation of photons created by means of spontaneous parametric down-conversion in a periodically-poled LiNbO3 crystal. As a proof-of-principle, we show that our 3-mode SMUX increases the heralded single-photon rate compared to that of the individual modes without compromising the quality of the emitted single-photons. We project that by adding further modes, our approach can lead to a deterministic SPS.
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@article{arxiv.1703.02068,
title = {Heralded single photons based on spectral multiplexing and feed-forward control},
author = {M. Grimau Puigibert and G. H. Aguilar and Q. Zhou and F. Marsili and M. D. Shaw and V. B. Verma and S. W. Nam and D. Oblak and W. Tittel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.02068},
year = {2017}
}