High-flux source of polarization-entangled photons from a periodically poled KTiOPO4 parametric down-converter -: art. no. 013807

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作者
Kuklewicz, CE [1 ]
Fiorentino, M [1 ]
Messin, G [1 ]
Wong, FNC [1 ]
Shapiro, JH [1 ]
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[1] MIT, Elect Res Lab, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 2004年 / 69卷 / 01期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.69.013807
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We have demonstrated a high-flux source of polarization-entangled photons using a type-II phase-matched periodically poled KTiOPO4 parametric down-converter in a collinearly propagating configuration. We have observed quantum interference between the single-beam down-converted photons with a visibility of 99% together with a measured coincidence flux of 300 s(-1)/mW of pump. The Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt version of Bell's inequality was violated with a value of 2.711 +/- 0.017.
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