Title :
Generation of time-bin entangled photon pairs using cascaded second order nonlinearity in single periodically-poled lithium niobate waveguide
Author :
Hunault, Myrtille ; Takesue, Hiroki ; Tadanaga, Osamu ; Nishida, Yoshiki ; Asobe, Masaki
Author_Institution :
NTT Basic Res. Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
Abstract :
We report a simple scheme to generate time-bin entangled photon pairs based on cascaded second-order nonlinear processes in a single periodically-poled lithium niobate waveguide. We successfully observed two-photon interference fringes up to 97% visibilities.
Keywords :
optical waveguides; photons; quantum entanglement; two-photon processes; cascaded second order nonlinearity; single periodically-poled lithium niobate waveguide; time-bin entangled photon pairs generation; two-photon interference fringes; Detectors; Interferometers; Lithium niobate; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Photonics; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
