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Hyperentanglement offers enhanced capacity for quantum information processing and communication protocols, especially in combination with robust high-dimensional degrees of freedom such as frequency-bin encoding. Here, we present a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-05 Tommaso Faleo , Fabian Steinhauser , Gregor Weihs , Stefan Frick , Robert Keil

We demonstrate a novel polarization-entangled photon-pair source based on standard birefringent polarization-maintaining optical fiber. The source consists of two stretches of fiber spliced together with perpendicular polarization axes, and…

We present a tunable, frequency-stabilized, narrow-bandwidth source of frequency-degenerate, entangled photon pairs. The source is based on spontaneous parametric downconversion (SPDC) in periodically-poled KTiOPO4 (PPKTP). Its wavelength…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Albrecht Haase , Nicolas Piro , Jürgen Eschner , Morgan W. Mitchell

Sources of entanglement are an enabling resource in quantum technology, and pushing the limits of generation rate and quality of entanglement is a necessary pre-requisite towards practical applications. Here, we present an ultra-bright…

We present an integrated source of polarization entangled photon pairs in the telecom regime, which is based on type II-phasematched parametric down-conversion (PDC) in a Ti-indiffused waveguide in periodically poled lithium niobate. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 Harald Herrmann , Xu Yang , Abu Thomas , Andreas Poppe , Wolfgang Sohler , Christine Silberhorn

We demonstrate a compact and stable source of polarization-entangled pairs of photons, one at 810 nm wavelength for high detection efficiency and the other at 1550 nm for long-distance fiber communication networks. Due to a novel…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-07-20 M. Hentschel , H. Hübel , A. Poppe , A. Zeilinger

A fully fibered source of entangled photon pairs based on a nonlinear Sagnac interferometer is reported. Operating at telecom wavelengths, the source relies exclusively on standard fiber-optic components and periodically poled lithium…

We demonstrate a new class of frequency-entangled states generated via spontaneous parametric down-conversion under extended phase matching conditions. Biphoton entanglement with coincident signal and idler frequencies is observed over a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Onur Kuzucu , Marco Fiorentino , Marius A. Albota , Franco N. C. Wong , Franz X. Kaertner

We present a spectrally decorrelated photon pair source bridging the visible and telecom wavelength regions. Tailored design and fabrication of a solid-core photonic crystal fiber (PCF) lead to the emission of signal and idler photons into…

We present a source of polarization entangled photon pairs based on spontaneous parametric downconversion engineered for frequency uncorrelated telecom photon generation. Our source provides photon pairs that display, simultaneously, the…

We demonstrate a two-color entangled pho ton pair source which can be adapted easily to a wide range of wavelengths combinations. A Fresnel rhomb as a geometrical quarter-wave plate and a versatile combination of compensation crystals are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-23 Otto Dietz , Chris Müller , Thomas Kreißl , Ulrike Herzog , Tim Kroh , Andreas Ahlrichs , Oliver Benson

We report the realisation of a fibred polarisation entangled photon-pair source at 1560 nm based on a type-II non linear interaction and working in the picosecond regime. By taking advantage of a set of filters, we deterministically…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-11-27 N. Bruno , E. Zambrini Cruzeiro , A. Martin , R. T. Thew

We demonstrate a wavelength-tunable, fiber-coupled source of polarization-entangled photons with extremely high spectral brightness and quality of entanglement. Using a 25 mm PPKTP crystal inside a polarization Sagnac interferometer we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Alessandro Fedrizzi , Thomas Herbst , Andreas Poppe , Thomas Jennewein , Anton Zeilinger

We present results of a bright polarization-entangled photon source operating at 1552 nm via type-II collinear degenerate spontaneous parametric down-conversion in a periodically poled potassium titanyl phosphate crystal. We report a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-12-22 P. G. Evans , J. Schaake , R. S. Bennink , W. P. Grice , T. S. Humble

We present an experimental implementation of a polarization-entangled photon pair source based on beam displacers. The down-converted photons are emitted via spontaneous parametric down-conversion in a non-degenerate and type-0 process. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-18 Minjae Hong , Rodrigo Gomez , Valerio Flavio Gili , Jorge Fuenzalida , Markus Gräfe

In this work, we report on the preparation of an ultra-broadband continuously-tunable, highly polarization-entangled photon-pair source covering the C+L telecom bands using a single type-II phase-matched bulk PPKTP crystal. Over 60 nm…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-08-19 Zhi-Yuan Zhou , Yun-Kun Jiang , Dong-Sheng Ding , Bao-Sen Shi , Guang-Can Guo

Entangled photon pairs are of crucial importance in quantum networks. For the future demands of large-scale and secure quantum communication, integrated photon sources are highly effective solutions. Here, we report entanglement…

Spectrally correlated photon pairs can be used to improve performance of long range fiber based quantum communication protocols. We present a source based on spontaneous parametric down-conversion producing polarization entangled photons…

Optics · Physics 2014-03-28 Thomas Lutz , Piotr Kolenderski , Thomas Jennewein

On-demand entangled photon pairs at telecom wavelengths are crucial for quantum communication, distributed quantum computing, and quantum-enhanced sensing and metrology. The O-band is particularly advantageous because of its minimal…

Integrated entangled photon pair source is an essential resource for both fundamental investigations and practical applications of quantum information science. Currently there have been several types of entanglement, among which the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-01-18 Lan-Tian Feng , Ming Zhang , Yang Chen , Guo-Ping Guo , Guang-Can Guo , Dao-Xin Dai , Xi-Feng Ren