Deterministic single photons via conditional quantum evolution

Phys Rev Lett. 2006 Jul 7;97(1):013601. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.013601. Epub 2006 Jul 7.

Abstract

A source of deterministic single photons is proposed and demonstrated by the application of a measurement-based feedback protocol to a heralded single-photon source consisting of an ensemble of cold rubidium atoms. Our source is stationary and produces a photoelectric detection record with sub-Poissonian statistics.