• DocumentCode
    2668347
  • Title

    Generation of polarization entanglement from a PPKTP parametric downconverter

  • Author

    Kuklewicz, C.E. ; Messin, G. ; Wong, F.N.C. ; Shapiro, J.H.

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    6-6 June 2003
  • Abstract
    We have generated polarization-entangled photon pairs from a type-II phase-matched periodically poled KTP parametric downconverter with collinear outputs. Bell´s inequality was violated with a value of 2.57 /spl plusmn/ 0.03.
  • Keywords
    Bell theorem; optical frequency conversion; optical materials; optical parametric devices; optical phase matching; potassium compounds; quantum entanglement; quantum optics; titanium compounds; Bell inequality; KTP; KTiOPO4; periodically poled parametric downconverter; polarization entanglement; polarization-entangled photon pairs; Counting circuits; Cryptography; Interference; Laboratories; Nonlinear optics; Optical polarization; Photonic crystals; Photonics Society; Quantum computing; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS. Postconference Digest
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-749-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2003.238038
  • Filename
    1276168