Title :
Two-photon based semiconductor entanglement-source for quantum communications
Author :
Hayat, Alex ; Ginzburg, Pavel ; Orenstein, Meir
Author_Institution :
Micro-Photonics Lab., EE department, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Technion City, Haifa 32000 Israel
Abstract :
We propose a compact efficient room-temperature polarization-entangled photons source based on two-photon spontaneous emission from semiconductor quantum wells in a microcavity. Pair generation rate in GaInP/AlGaInP is O(103) higher than for PDC sources.
Keywords :
Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Photonic crystals; Polarization; Quantum computing; Quantum dot lasers; Quantum entanglement; Spontaneous emission; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431253
