• DocumentCode
    1679252
  • Title

    Maximally polarization entangled photons on a chip

  • Author

    Zhukovsky, S.V. ; Helt, L.G. ; Abolghasem, P. ; Kang, D. ; Helmy, A.S. ; Sipe, J.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Spontaneous parametric downconversion in Bragg reflection waveguides is shown to produce maximally polarization-entangled photons by making the group velocities of TE-/TM-polarized downconverted photons, and thus their spectral properties, similar.
  • Keywords
    light polarisation; optical waveguides; quantum entanglement; quantum optics; Bragg reflection waveguides; TE-polarized downconverted photons; TM-polarized downconverted photons; group velocities; maximally polarization-entangled photons; spectral properties; spontaneous parametric downconversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Optical reflection; Optical waveguides; Optimized production technology; Photonics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326623