Suitability versus fidelity for rating single-photon guns

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2002-06-28

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0206198v2

Phys. Rev. A, 67 (2003) 032306

Physics

Quantum Physics

4 pages, 2 figures Revised per referee suggestions

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.67.032306

The creation of specified quantum states is important for most, if not all, applications in quantum computation and communication. The quality of the state preparation is therefore an essential ingredient in any assessment of a quantum-state gun. We show that the fidelity, under the standard definitions is not sufficient to assess quantum sources, and we propose a new measure of suitability that necessarily depends on the application for the source. We consider the performance of single-photon guns in the context of quantum key distribution (QKD) and linear optical quantum computation. Single-photon sources for QKD need radically different properties than sources for quantum computing. Furthermore, the suitability for single-photon guns is discussed explicitly in terms of experimentally accessible criteria.

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