Entanglement swapping using telecom-band photons generated in fibers
- 11 June 2009
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Express
- Vol. 17 (13) , 10748-10756
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.Keywords
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