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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

Multipartite entangled states are an essential building block for advanced quantum networking applications. Realizing such tasks in practice puts stringent requirements on the characteristics of the states in terms of fidelity and…

The distribution of entanglement via satellite links will drastically extend the reach of quantum networks. Highly efficient entangled photon sources are an essential requirement towards overcoming high channel loss and achieving practical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-10 Emma Brambila , Rodrigo Gómez , Riza Fazili , Markus Gräfe , Fabian Steinlechner

We report a versatile and practical approach for generating high-quality polarization entanglement in a fully guided-wave fashion. Our setup relies on a high-brilliance type-0 waveguide generator producing paired photon at a telecom…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-10-31 F. Kaiser , A. Issautier , L. A. Ngah , O. Alibart , A. Martin , S. Tanzilli

In this letter, we report a polarization-entangled photon-pair source based on type-II spontaneous parametric down conversion at telecom O-band in periodically poled silica fiber (PPSF). The photon-pair source exhibits more than 130 nm (~24…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-02-26 Changjia Chen , Calvin Xu , Arash Riazi , Eric Y. Zhu , Alexey V. Gladyshev , Peter G. Kazansky , Li Qian

We demonstrate an optical-fiber based source of polarization entangled photon-pairs with improved quality and efficiency, which has been integrated with off-the-shelf telecom components and is, therefore, well suited for quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Xiaoying Li , Chuang Liang , Kim Fook Lee , Jun Chen , Paul L. Voss , Prem Kumar

We report a fully guided-wave source of polarisation entangled photons based on a periodically poled lithium niobate waveguide mounted in a Sagnac interferometer. We demonstrate the source's quality by converting polarisation entanglement…

The polarization-entangled photon source (PEPS) at non-degenerated wavelengths is pivotal to connect quantum systems working at different wavelengths, with the assistance of quantum teleportation. Here, a compact Sagnac-type photon source…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-07 Xu-Jie Peng , Ling-Xuan Kong , He Lu

We report a source of polarization-entangled photon pairs in the 1550-nm telecommunication band, which is based on non-collinear spontaneous parametric down-conversion in a periodically poled lithium niobate crystal pumped by picosecond…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-04-02 Heonoh Kim , Osung Kwon , Han Seb Moon

In this letter, we report a compact, low-power laser diode-pumped, all-fiber polarization-entangled photon pair source based on periodically-poled silica fiber technology. The all-fiber source offers room-temperature, alignment-free,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-11-06 Changjia Chen , Arash Riazi , Eric Y. Zhu , Mili Ng , Alexey V. Gladyshev , Peter G. Kazansky , Li Qian

Entangled photon-pair sources are at the core of quantum applications like quantum key distribution, sensing, and imaging. Operation in space-limited and adverse environments such as in satellite-based and mobile communication requires…

Polarization-entangled photons are indispensable to numerous quantum technologies and fundamental studies. In this paper, we propose and demonstrate a novel source that generates collinear polarization-entangled photons by simultaneously…

We propose a scheme for the generation of counterpropagating polarization-entangled photon pairs from a dual-periodically poled crystal. Compared with the usual forward-wave type source, this source, in the backward-wave way, has a much…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-12-21 Yan-Xiao Gong , Zhen-Da Xie , Ping Xu , Xiao-Qiang Yu , Peng Xue , Shi-Ning Zhu

A bi-photon polarization-frequency entanglement source was realized by shaping the phase-matching function of a poled KTP crystal. It provides a simple method to achieve either polarization or spectral entanglement in a simple collinear…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-10 Anatoly Shukhin , Inbar Hurvitz , Leonid Vidro , Ady Arie , Hagai S. Eisenberg

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

Stable sources of entangled photons are important requirements for quantum communications. In recent years, cascaded downconversion has been demonstrated as an effective method of directly producing three-photon entanglement. However, to…

Deterministic sources of high-fidelity entangled qubit pairs encoded in the dual-rail photonic basis, i.e., presence of a single photon in one of two orthogonal modes, are a key enabling technology of many applications of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-31 Prajit Dhara , Spencer J. Johnson , Christos N. Gagatsos , Paul G. Kwiat , Saikat Guha

Photonic-based qubits and integrated photonic circuits have enabled demonstrations of quantum information processing (QIP) that promises to transform the way in which we compute and communicate. To that end, sources of…

Entangled photons are crucial resources for quantum information processing. Here, we present an ultrabright polarization-entangled photon source based on a periodically poled lithium niobate waveguide designed for practical quantum…

Optical quantum networking protocols impose stringent requirements on the states produced by sources of entanglement. We demonstrate a free-space, compact, source of indistinguishable pairs of polarization entangled photons, with an…