S4P

Quantum Information Processing and Communication

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The S4P Consortium undertakes the development of Solid-state Single Photon Sources and their use in Quantum Information Processing and Communications, by addressing the following issues: The light source should involve a single dipole, so that upon emission it produces a single photon. Such a single emitter, intrinsically emits radiation almost isotropically. The emitter should be embedded in an optical microcavity, designed to increase the spontaneous emission in a restricted number of modes, which can be collected with high efficiency for further use, for example, by coupling into an optical fiber. In order to assess its performance for QIPC, the source that will reach fully operational status must be integrable in some operating quantum information system.

Project IST-1999-10243 of the proactive call on QIPC- Quantum Information Processing and Communication of the Future and Emerging Technologies Key Action in the European Community Fifth Framework Program Information Society Technologies-IST

Project coordinator : Izo Abram, LPN, CNRS, izo.abram@lpn.cnrs.fr