@article{a0221387679747ad8e8cce679750028f,
title = "Dynamically unpolarized singlephoton source in diamond with intrinsic randomness",
abstract = "Polarization is one of the fundamental properties of light, providing numerous applications in science and technology. While 'dynamically unpolarized' single-photon sources are demanded for various quantum applications, such sources have never been explored. Here we demonstrate dynamically unpolarized single-photon emission from a single [111]-oriented nitrogen- vacancy centre in diamond, in which the single-photon stream is unpolarized, exhibiting intrinsic randomness with vanishing polarization correlation between time adjacent photons. These properties not only allow true random number generation, but may also enable fundamental tests in quantum physics.",
author = "Naofumi Abe and Yasuyoshi Mitsumori and Mark Sadgrove and Keiichi Edamatsu",
note = "Funding Information: This research was supported in part by JSPS KAKENHI (no. 22244035) and MIC SCOPE (no. 121806010). N.A. thanks Tohoku University Division for Interdisciplinary Advanced Research and Education for the financial support. This research has been partly carried out at the Fundamental Technology Center, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University. We used the VESTA ver.3.3.2 software to draw the atomic structure in Fig. 1(a). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2017.",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.1038/srep46722",
language = "English",
volume = "7",
journal = "Scientific reports",
issn = "2045-2322",
publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",
}