Title :
Disappearance of polarization entanglement due to the relative orientation of two fiber´s PMD vectors
Author :
Brodsky, Misha ; Antonelli, Cristian ; Shtaif, Mark
Author_Institution :
AT&T Labs., Middletown, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We study propagation of polarization-entangled photon pairs through optical fibers with polarization-mode dispersion (PMD). We observe abrupt loss and revival of entanglement as the PMD vector of one fiber rotates relative to the PMD vector of the other fiber.
Keywords :
optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; quantum entanglement; optical fibers; optical loss; polarization-entangled photon pairs; polarization-mode dispersion; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber theory; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621289
