Title :
Entangled photon pairs from radiative cascades in semiconductor quantum dots
Author :
Akopian, N. ; Lindner, N.H. ; Poem, E. ; Avron, J. ; Gershoni, D. ; Gerardot, B.D. ; Petroff, P.M.
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa
Abstract :
We use polarization tomography to demonstrate for the first time entanglement between photon pairs from the biexciton radiative cascade. The entangled pair violates Bellpsilas inequality and satisfies Peres criterion by more than 3 standards deviations of the experimental uncertainty.
Keywords :
biexcitons; light polarisation; optical tomography; quantum entanglement; quantum optics; semiconductor quantum dots; Peres criterion; biexciton radiative cascades; entangled photon pairs; experimental uncertainty; polarization tomography; semiconductor quantum dots; standard deviation; Quantum dots; Quantum entanglement; (270.4180) Multiphoton processes; (270.5290) Photon statistics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628586
