SBIR/STTR Research Award
Single Photon Sources for Free Space Quantum Key Distribution Systems
Award amount
$149,985Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2014Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Gener8, LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2014-07-22
- Contract end date
- 2015-04-20
- UEI
- JJ4ASH7BEMA5
- Solicitation number
- 2014.1
- Topic code
- AF141-009
Research abstract
ABSTRACT: Spontaneous Parametric Down Conversion (SPDC) is currently an active research area in quantum communications (QC) to develop heralded single photon sources. In this proposal we propose an innovated plug-and-play heralded photon source at 810 nm using CW pumping to achieve a g(2)(0)<0.02 and a single photon emission rate of>1MHz. We anticipate that the result of this Phase I project will be a design for a highly integrated SPDC source will enable free-space quantum key distribution and new fundament QC research. BENEFIT: The technology platform can be immediately applied to the development of entangled photon sources and upconversion single-photon detection applications that are critically important for the development of Quantum Key Distribution systems and advanced quantum communications research.
Technology keywords
Not reported
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Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
30 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2004–2018). Reported award amounts total $10,070,239. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, Department of Commerce