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  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 17, Iss. 13 — Jun. 22, 2009
  • pp: 10748–10756

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Entanglement swapping using telecom-band photons generated in fibers

Hiroki Takesue and Benjamin Miquel

Optics Express, Vol. 17, Issue 13, pp. 10748-10756        doi:10.1364/OE.17.010748

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  • OCIS Codes:
  • (190.4370) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, fibers
  • (270.5565) Quantum optics : Quantum communications
ToC Category:
Quantum Optics

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Hiroki Takesue and Benjamin Miquel, "Entanglement swapping using telecom-band photons generated in fibers," Opt. Express 17, 10748-10756 (2009)
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Abstract

We report the first entanglement swapping experiment using entangled photon-pair sources based on spontaneous four-wave mixing (SFWM). The 1.5-μm band entangled photon pairs generated by SFWM in two independent 500-m dispersion shifted fibers exhibited quantum interference, thanks to the negligible walk-off between the pump and photon pairs. The use of 500-MHz gated-mode InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiodes based on the sine-wave gating technique increased the fourfold coincidence rate. As a result, the formation of an entanglement between photons from independent sources was successfully observed.

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History
Original Manuscript: April 21, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: June 9, 2009
Revised Manuscript: June 7, 2009
Published: June 11, 2009

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Author Affiliations

Benjamin Miquel

Ecole Normale Superieure

Hiroki Takesue

NTT Basic Research Laboratories

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