CA2297892A1 - Method and apparatus for the selective generation of individual photons or pairs of photons in an optical channel - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for the selective generation of individual photons or pairs of photons in an optical channel Download PDF

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CA2297892A1
CA2297892A1 CA002297892A CA2297892A CA2297892A1 CA 2297892 A1 CA2297892 A1 CA 2297892A1 CA 002297892 A CA002297892 A CA 002297892A CA 2297892 A CA2297892 A CA 2297892A CA 2297892 A1 CA2297892 A1 CA 2297892A1
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Gisela Dultz
Helmar A. Becker
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    • G—PHYSICS
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    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
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    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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    • H04L9/00—Cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communications; Network security protocols
    • H04L9/08—Key distribution or management, e.g. generation, sharing or updating, of cryptographic keys or passwords
    • H04L9/0816—Key establishment, i.e. cryptographic processes or cryptographic protocols whereby a shared secret becomes available to two or more parties, for subsequent use
    • H04L9/0852—Quantum cryptography
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    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/35—Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/39—Non-linear optics for parametric generation or amplification of light, infrared or ultraviolet waves
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F3/00—Optical logic elements; Optical bistable devices

Abstract

Method for selective generation of individual photons or photon pairs in an optical channel (16, 17) with the following steps:
- generation of a two-photons (photon pair);
- spatial separation of the photon pair whilst retaining the quantum mechanical correlation in the event that the photons are emitted linearly;
- injection of each photon into an optical channel (14, 14', 14"), one channel (15, 15', 15") incorporating an interferometer (7-13) with a variable optical path lengths difference .delta.1F-.delta.1S and the other channel incorporating an optical delay section (19) of optical lengths .delta.1;
- spatial merging of both channels by means of a beam splitter (18, 31-36);
- co-ordination of the values .delta.1F, .delta.1S, and .delta.1 such that the probability K for coincidences between the outputs (16, 17) of the beam splitter amounts selectively to K=0 or K=1 or to a predetermined intermediate value, K=0 corresponding to a photon pair in one of the outputs channels (16, 17) of the beam splitter, and K=1 corresponding to two individual photons in both outputs channels of the beam splitter.
Using the present invention, it is possible to realize an optical switch or gate for one or two photon states, as desired, which can be used in quantum cryptography and as a basic element for a quantum-optical computer.
CA002297892A 1998-05-28 1999-05-17 Method and apparatus for the selective generation of individual photons or pairs of photons in an optical channel Expired - Fee Related CA2297892C (en)

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