Title :
Ultrafast time-to-frequency demultiplexing of polarization-entangled photons
Author :
Donohue, John M. ; Lavoie, Jonathan ; Resch, Kevin J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Abstract :
Using shaped pulses and nonlinear optics, we have experimentally demonstrated the demultiplexing of a train of polarization-encoded single photons through time-to-frequency conversion. We have shown this technique to preserve polarization entanglement with a partner photon.
Keywords :
demultiplexing; light polarisation; nonlinear optics; optical communication; optical pulse shaping; quantum entanglement; quantum optics; nonlinear optics; polarization-encoded single photon train demultiplexing; polarization-entangled photons; shaped pulses; time-frequency conversion; ultrafast time-frequency demultiplexing; Chirp; Demultiplexing; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical polarization; Photonics; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
