Active demultiplexing of single photons from a solid‐state source

@article{Lenzini2016ActiveDO,
  title={Active demultiplexing of single photons from a solid‐state source},
  author={Francesco Lenzini and Ben Haylock and J. C. Loredo and Raphael A. Abrahao and Nordin Zakaria and Sachin Kasture and Isabelle Sagnes and Aristide Lema{\^i}tre and Hoang‐Phuong Phan and Dzung Viet Dao and Pascale Senellart and Marcelo P. Almeida and Andrew G. White and Mirko Lobino},
  journal={Laser \& Photonics Reviews},
  year={2016},
  volume={11}
}
A scheme for active temporal‐to‐spatial demultiplexing of single photons generated by a solid‐state source is introduced. The scheme scales quasi‐polynomially with photon number, providing a viable technological path for routing n photons in the one temporal stream from a single emitter to n different spatial modes. Active demultiplexing is demonstrated using a state‐of‐the‐art photon source—a quantum‐dot deterministically coupled to a micropillar cavity—and a custom‐built demultiplexer—a… 
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