Title :
Polarization-entangled photon pair source on a chip
Author :
Matsuda, N. ; Le Jeannic, H. ; Fukuda, H. ; Tsuchizawa, T. ; Yamada, K. ; Tokura, Y. ; Takesue, H.
Author_Institution :
NTT Basic Res. Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
Abstract :
We present a polarization-entanglement source integrated on a chip. The device consists of two nonlinear silicon wire waveguides connected by a silicon-wire polarization rotator. A maximally entangled state was obtained with a fidelity of 91%.
Keywords :
integrated optics; optical waveguides; quantum entanglement; silicon; entangled state; integrated optics; nonlinear silicon wire waveguides; polarization entangled photon pair source; silicon wire polarization rotator; Optical fiber filters; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Quantum computing; Quantum entanglement; Silicon; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2012 IEEE 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0826-8
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2012.6324154
