Phase-stable source of polarization-entangled photons using a polarization Sagnac interferometer
By Taehyun Kim, Marco Fiorentino, F. Wong. 2006 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005
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We demonstrate a simple, robust, high-flux source of polarization-entangled photons based on a polarization Sagnac interferometer, measuring 5000 polarization-entangled pairs/s/mW of pump power in a 1-nm bandwidth with 96.8% quantum-interference visibility.
Subfields: Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
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- Loophole-free Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen experiment via quantum steering (2011, methodology): “A polarization-entangled photon pair is generated by Alice using an entangled photon source [20, 21].”
- Arbitrarily loss-tolerant Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen steering allowing a demonstration over 1 km of optical fiber with no detection loophole (2011, methodology): “The PPKTP crystal is embedded in the Sagnac interferometer [28,29], giving rise to polarization-entangled pairs at 820 nm via spontaneous parametric down-conversion.”
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