Title :
A bright and compact source of polarization entangled photons
Author :
Fiorentino, Marco ; Beausoleil, Raymond G.
Author_Institution :
HP Labs, 1501 Page Mill Rd., Palo Alto CA 94304-1123, USA
Abstract :
We present a source of polarization entangled photons that uses periodically poled potassium titanyl phosphate and interferometers based on polarization beam displacers to achieve stable operation with few critical alignments.
Keywords :
Bandwidth; Interferometers; Laser beams; Optical fiber polarization; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical retarders; Photonic crystals;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431720