Title :
Experimental heralded amplification of time-bin qubits
Author :
Bruno, N. ; Pini, V. ; Martin, Andrew ; Sangouard, Nicolas ; Zbinden, Hugo ; Gisin, Nicolas ; Thew, R.T.
Author_Institution :
Group of Appl. Phys., Univ. of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Abstract :
We present an experimental realisation of heralded amplification of time-bin qubits for quantum communication, based on a source of separable photons at telecom wavelengths, with Hong-Ou-Mandel visibility > 90% without any filtering and high coupling efficiency.
Keywords :
quantum communication; quantum computing; quantum optics; Hong-Ou-Mandel visibility; heralded amplification; high coupling efficiency; quantum communication; separable photons; telecom wavelengths; time-bin qubits; Couplings; Optical coupling; Optimized production technology; Photonics; Protocols; Telecommunications;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
