Title :
A down-conversion source of positively spectrally correlated and decorrelated telecom photon pairs
Author :
Lutz, Tobias ; Kolenderski, Piotr ; Jennewein, Thomas
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Quantum Comput., Waterloo, ON, Canada
Abstract :
We experimentally characterize a spontaneous parametric down-conversion source, based on a Beta-Barium-Borate crystal capable of emitting photons with positive or no spectral correlations. Our system employs a carefully designed detection method exploiting two InGaAs detectors.
Keywords :
barium compounds; optical communication; optical frequency conversion; optical logic; optical parametric devices; quantum communication; quantum gates; quantum optics; BBO; InGaAs detectors; beta-barium-borate crystal; positively spectrally correlated telecom photon pairs; positively spectrally decorrelated telecom photon pairs; spontaneous parametric down-conversion source; Correlation; Crystals; Detectors; Laser excitation; Optical frequency conversion; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
