Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics

The generation of polarization-entangled photon pairs using periodically poled lithium niobate waveguides in a fibre loop

Yun-Kun Jiang, Akihisa Tomita

Published Jan 10, 2007• 24 citations

Abstract

We report the generation of polarization-entangled photon pairs at a telecom band using two cascade periodically poled lithium niobate waveguides in a fibre loop. The phase of an entangled photon state was stabilized automatically in our setup. The average visibility was about 93.5 ± 2.6% for the entangled photon pairs after subtracting accidental coincidences in our measurement.

DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/40/2/016

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