• DocumentCode
    1769568
  • Title

    Pulsed Sagnac polarization-entangled photon source with a PPKTP crystal at telecom wavelength

  • Author

    Rui-Bo Jin ; Shimizu, Ryosuke ; Wakui, Kentaro ; Fujiwara, Masamichi ; Yamashita, Takayoshi ; Miki, Shigehito ; Terai, Hirotaka ; Zhen Wang ; Sasaki, Motoharu

  • Author_Institution
    Adv. ICT Res. Inst., Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Koganei, Japan
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate pulsed polarization-entangled photons generated from a periodically poled KTiOPO4 (PPKTP) crystal in a Sagnac interferometer configuration at telecom wavelength. We achieved fidelities of 0.981 ± 0.0002 for |ψ-〉 and 0.980 ± 0.001 for |ψ+〉 respectively.
  • Keywords
    light interferometers; light polarisation; optical frequency conversion; optical materials; potassium compounds; quantum entanglement; quantum optics; KTP; PPKTP crystal; Sagnac interferometer configuration; periodically poled; pulsed Sagnac polarization-entangled photon source; pulsed polarization-entangled photons; telecom wavelength; Integrated optics; Optical polarization; Optical pumping;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6988414