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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
