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1.5µm Polarization Entangled Photon Pair Generation Based on Birefringence in Microstructure Fibers

Qiang Zhou, Wei Zhang, Situo Zhang, Jierong Cheng, Yidong Huang, Jiangde Peng

Published Jan 1, 2009• 0 citations

Abstract

Birefringence in microstructure fiber leads to polarization dependent parametric florescence, which provides a novel scheme for polarization entangled photon pair generation. Its feasibility is demonstrated by two-photon interference measurement with fringes visibilities of >93%.

DOI: 10.1364/ofc.2009.owd6

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