This invention provides a method, apparatus, device, and readable storage medium for generating a
waveguide single-
photon source, relating to the field of
quantum optics. The method includes
coupling a
fundamental frequency light output from a
laser into
free space to form a spatial beam; adjusting the polarization state of the collimated spatial beam to match its polarization direction with the
crystal axis of a fully encapsulated
waveguide device;
coupling the polarization-adjusted spatial beam into a polarization-maintaining
transmission fiber to form
fiber-optic transmission light; injecting the
fiber-optic transmission light into the fully encapsulated
waveguide device, and converting the
fundamental frequency light into frequency-doubled light at a quasi-phase-matching
operating temperature; outputting the frequency-doubled light from the fully encapsulated waveguide device and
coupling it again into
free space to form an output beam; and performing spatial
spectral filtering and intensity attenuation on the output beam to reduce the average
photon number per pulse to the single-
photon level, obtaining a purified single-photon
signal. This invention addresses the polarization matching problem between existing waveguide devices and
fiber optic transmission links.