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Active Multiplexing of Spectrally Engineered Heralded Single Photons in an Integrated Fibre Architecture

  • Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by the University of Bath, UK
  • Describes an important step towards achieving high performance single-photon sources
  • Impacts on technologies such as all-optical quantum computing and cryptography
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
  2. Introduction

    • Robert J. A. Francis-Jones
    Pages 1-19
  3. Numerical Modelling of Multiplexed Photon Pair Sources

    • Robert J. A. Francis-Jones
    Pages 39-66
  4. Characterisation of a Multiplexed Photon Pair Source

    • Robert J. A. Francis-Jones
    Pages 115-140
  5. Conclusion

    • Robert J. A. Francis-Jones
    Pages 141-147

About this book

This clearly written thesis discusses the development of a highly innovative single-photon source that uses active optical switching, known as multiplexing, to increase the probability of delivering photons into a single mode. Improving single-photon sources is critical in advancing the state of the art in photonic quantum technologies for information processing and communications.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Physics, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

    Robert J.A. Francis-Jones

About the author

Dr Robert Francis-Jones received his PhD from the University of Bath in 2016 for his work on multiplexing high-purity heralded single photon sources under the supervision of Dr Peter Mosley, for which he received the Institute of Physics Quantum Electronics and Photonics Doctoral Thesis Prize 2017.

His main research areas include the design and fabrication of photonic crystal fibres (PCF) for photon pair generation in PCF for use in heralded single photon sources, and quantum frequency translation of single photons from the visible to the infrared.  His other research interests include, numerical modelling of nonlinear optical processes such as four-wave mixing,  the development of field programmable gate array designs for photon counting and fast feed forward optical switching schemes and the development of antiresonant hollowcore optical fibres for quantum optics applications.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Active Multiplexing of Spectrally Engineered Heralded Single Photons in an Integrated Fibre Architecture

  • Authors: Robert J.A. Francis-Jones

  • Series Title: Springer Theses

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64188-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-64187-4Published: 23 August 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87744-0Published: 11 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-64188-1Published: 14 August 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2190-5053

  • Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 147

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 77 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Quantum Optics, Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Optical and Electronic Materials

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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