Title :
Characterization of high-purity, pulsed squeezed light at telecom wavelengths from pp-KTP for quantum information applications
Author :
Gerrits, Thomas ; Baek, Burm ; Stevens, Martin J. ; Calkins, Brice ; Lita, Adriana ; Glancy, Scott ; Knill, Emanuel ; Nam, Sae Woo ; Mirin, Richard P. ; Hadfield, Robert H. ; Bennink, Ryan S. ; Grice, Warren P. ; Dorenbos, Sander ; Zijlstra, Tony ; Klapwi
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
We characterize a pp-KTP crystal designed to produce pure single mode squeezed vacuum at 1570 nm. Measurements show Hong-Ou-Mandel interference with 97% visibility and a circular joint spectral distribution with a Schmidt number of 1.08.
Keywords :
light coherence; optical squeezing; Hong-Ou-Mandel interference; Schmidt number; circular joint spectral distribution; pp-KTP crystal; pulsed squeezed light characterization; quantum information; wavelength 1570 nm; Interference; Joints; Local oscillators; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
