An ultrabright narrowband source of polarization-entangled photon pairs

Author

Shapiro, Jeffrey H. ; Wong, N.C.

Author_Institution

Res. Lab. of Electron., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

12-12 May 2000

Firstpage

22

Lastpage

23

Abstract

Summary form only given. A type-II phase-marched parametric downconverter can be used to produce polarization-entangled photon pairs. We propose a production scheme for polarization-entangled photon pairs by using a pair of optical parametric amplifiers (OPAs) whose narrowband generation rate is high enough to make it a practical source for a trapped-atom quantum memory. For a type-II system using periodically-poled potassium titanyl phosphate (PPKTP) (KTiOPO/sub 4/) optical parametric amplifiers OPAs.

Keywords

dielectric polarisation; light polarisation; optical frequency conversion; optical parametric amplifiers; optical phase matching; potassium compounds; KTP; KTiOPO/sub 4/; narrowband generation rate; optical parametric amplifiers; periodically-poled; polarization-entangled photon pairs; potassium titanyl phosphate; trapped-atom quantum memory; type-II phase-marched parametric downconverter; type-II system; ultrabright narrowband source; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser excitation; Narrowband; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Optical solitons; Photonic crystals; Polarization; Pump lasers; Quantum entanglement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2000. (QELS 2000). Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

ISSN

1094-5695

Print_ISBN

1-55752-608-7

Type

conf

Filename

901366