Broadband source of polarization entangled photons

Opt Lett. 2012 Jun 1;37(11):1910-2. doi: 10.1364/OL.37.001910.

Abstract

A broadband source of polarization entangled photons based on type-II spontaneous parametric down conversion from a chirped PPKTP crystal is presented. With numerical simulation and experimental evaluation, we report a source of broadband polarization entangled states with a bandwidth of approximately 125 nm for use in quantum interferometry. The technique has the potential to become a basis for the development of flexible broadband sources with designed spectral properties.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Interferometry
  • Light
  • Optical Phenomena*
  • Photons*