I am not a native English speaker, and I have just started to study physics in English. However, I came across the term heralded photon while I was reading a review article about optical quantum memory. I don't understand what it means. A dictionary explains herald as, "to be a sign that something is going to happen," but it does not make any sense. Below is the excerpt from the article:
If a single-photon detector is placed in one of the emission channels of non-degenerate spontaneous parametric down-conversion, a detection event indicates emission of a photon pair, and thus the presence of a single photon in the other channel. Such a heralded photon is emitted at an arbitrary time, however, making it unsuitable for many application.
Would you help me understand this term?
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