Title :
Effects of birefringence and detuning on entanglement generation in poled fibers: How much is too much?
Author :
Zhu, E.Y. ; Qian, Liejia ; Helt, L.G. ; Liscidini, M. ; Sipe, J.E. ; Corbari, Costantino ; Canagasabey, A. ; Ibsen, M. ; Kazansky, Peter G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
Birefringence in poled fiber enables the direct (compensation-free) generation of broadband polarization-entangled photon pairs. However, birefringence and pump detuning also affect the entangled state, a subject we investigate in this work theoretically and experimentally.
Keywords :
birefringence; optical fibres; optical pumping; quantum entanglement; quantum optics; birefringence; broadband polarization-entangled photon pairs; compensation-free entanglement generation; entangled state; poled fibers; pump detuning; Educational institutions; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical harmonic generation; Photonics; Quantum entanglement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
