Title :
Polarization-entangled photon generation in a standard polarization-maintaining fiber
Author :
Fang, Bin ; Cohen, Offir ; Moreno, Jamy B. ; Lorenz, Virginia O.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate the generation of polarization-entangled photon pairs in a standard polarization-maintaining fiber using a Sagnac interferometer. This source´s spatial mode is well matched to fiber-based quantum information networks.
Keywords :
Sagnac interferometers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; quantum communication; quantum entanglement; Sagnac interferometer; fiber based quantum information network; polarization entangled photon generation; standard polarization maintaining fiber; Band pass filters; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Photonics; Quantum mechanics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
