Suitability vs. Fidelity: toward better measures of goodness for single-photon guns

George M. Hockney; Pieter Kok; Jonathan P. Dowling

doi:10.1364/FIO.2003.WAA5

Frontiers in Optics
OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2003),
paper WAA5
•https://doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2003.WAA5

Suitability vs. Fidelity: toward better measures of goodness for single-photon guns

George M. Hockney, Pieter Kok, and Jonathan P. Dowling

Frontiers in Optics 2003

Tucson, Arizona United States
5–8 October 2003
ISBN: 1-55752-759-8

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Abstract

We propose a new measure, suitability, to assess the performance of single-photon guns in the context of specific applications. In particular, we demonstrate the requirements for applications to quantum key distribution (QKD) are quite different, and less stringent, than those for linear optical quantum computing.

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