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New Journal of Physics

Schemes for fibre-based entanglement generation in the telecom band

Jun Chen, Kim Fook Lee, Xiaoying Li, Paul L. Voss, Prem Kumar

Published Aug 28, 2007• 27 citations
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Abstract

We investigate schemes for generating polarization-entangled photon pairs in standard optical fibres. The advantages of a double-loop scheme are explored through comparison with two other schemes, namely, the Sagnac-loop scheme and the counter-propagating scheme. Experimental measurements with the double-loop scheme verify the predicted advantages.

DOI
10.1088/1367-2630/9/8/289

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