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It was first proposed in 2002 by Migdall et al. [1] that a pseudo-deterministic source of heralded single photons could be realised by active multiplexing.
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Francis-Jones, R.J.A. (2017). Conclusion. In: Active Multiplexing of Spectrally Engineered Heralded Single Photons in an Integrated Fibre Architecture. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64188-1_7
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