Frontiers in Optics

Quantum Information Processing in Optical Fibers

Prem Kumar, Joseph B. Altepeter, Milja Medić, Matthew Hall, Monika Patel

Published Jan 1, 2008• 0 citations

Abstract

We will review recent progress in generating high fidelity quantum correlated and entangled photons via spontaneous four-wave mixing in standard optical fiber. We will also present applications of such photons in quantum information processing tasks.

DOI: 10.1364/ls.2008.lthe1

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