Single photon emission system

US8842949B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Technische Universität Darmstadt · DE
• Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DE

Inventors

• Tim SCHRÖDER · Berlin, DE
• Oliver Benson · Berlin, DE
• Andreas Schell · Stuttgart, DE
• Philip Engel · Berlin, DE
• Moritz Julian Banholzer · Berlin, DE
• Friedemann Gädeke · Berlin, DE
• Gerhard Birkl · Darmstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 2, 2010
• Grant date: Sep 23, 2014
• Expiry date: Jan 15, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/4206
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An embodiment of the invention relates to a single photon emission system having a proximal end, a distal end, and a single photon emitter located between the proximal end and the distal end; wherein the single photon emission system is adapted to guide optical pump radiation, which is inputted at the proximal end to optically excite the single photon emitter, along a predefined direction that runs from the proximal end to the distal end; and wherein single photons emitted by said single photon emitter, are guided along said predefined direction to the distal end.