Title :
Effects of polarization-dependent loss and fiber birefringence on photon-pair entanglement in fiber-optic channels
Author :
Medic, Milja ; Kumar, Prem
Author_Institution :
Northwestern Univ., Evanston
Abstract :
Quantum communication requires that photon-pair entanglement be preserved as the photons are distributed to remote locations. We model the effects of loss and birefringence on polarization-entangled photon pairs propagating in optical fibers.
Keywords :
birefringence; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; quantum communication; quantum entanglement; quantum optics; fiber birefringence; fiber-optic channels; optical fiber propagation; photon-pair entanglement; polarization-dependent loss; polarization-entangled photon pairs; quantum communication; Biomedical optical imaging; Birefringence; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber polarization; Optical losses; Optical propagation; Photonics Society; Propagation losses; Quantum computing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453466
