The temporal response of single-photon detectors is usually obtained by measuring their impulse response to short-pulsed laser sources. In this work, we present an alternative approach using time-correlated photon pairs generated in spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC). By measuring the cross-correlation between the detection times recorded with an unknown and a reference photodetector, the temporal response function of the unknown detector can be extracted. Changing the critical phase-matching conditions of the SPDC process provides a wavelength-tunable source of photon pairs. We demonstrate a continuous wavelength-tunability from 526 nm to 661 nm for one photon of the pair, and 1050 nm to 1760 nm for the other photon. The source allows, in principle, to access an even wider wavelength range by simply changing the pump laser of the SPDC-based source. As an initial demonstration, we characterize single photon avalance detectors sensitive to the two distinct wavelength bands, one based on Silicon, the other based on Indim Gallium Arsenide.
A wavelength-tunable fiber-coupled source of narrowband entangled photons
我们展示了一个波长可调的，光纤耦合的偏振纠缠光子源，具有极高的光谱亮度和纠缠质量。使用25 mm PPKTP晶体内的偏振Sagnac干涉仪，我们检测到的光谱亮度为273000对/（s mW nm），一个因素的28比以前可比的来源，而状态断层扫描显示的双光子状态有一个纠结的T=0.987。这种改进是通过使用长晶体、仔细选择聚焦参数和单模光纤耦合实现的。我们证明，由于特定的几何形状的设置，信号和空闲波长可以在很宽的范围内调谐而不会损失纠缠。
Characterizing charge-parity detection based on an offset-charge-tunable transmon qubit via randomized benchmarking
Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences（北京量子信息科学研究院）；Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences（中国科学院物理研究所）；University of Chinese Academy of Sciences（中国科学院大学）；Peking University（北京大学）；Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences（中国科学院理论物理研究所）
Digital Predistortion for Flux Control of Tunable Superconducting Qubits
Quantum Engineering Solutions (QES), Keysight Technologies Inc.（Keysight Technologies Inc.）；Abdus Salam Centre for Theoretical Physics, Imperial College London（伦敦帝国理工学院阿卜杜斯·萨拉姆理论物理中心）；Division of Physics and Applied Physics, Nanyang Technological University（南洋理工大学物理与应用物理系）；Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore（新加坡国立大学量子技术中心）
