Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference

Effects of polarization-dependent loss and fiber birefringence on photon-pair entanglement in fiber-optic channels

Milja Medić, Prem Kumar

Published May 1, 2007• 6 citations

Abstract

Quantum communication requires that photon-pair entanglement be preserved as the photons are distributed to remote locations. We model the effects of loss and birefringence on polarization-entangled photon pairs propagating in optical fibers.

DOI: 10.1109/qels.2007.4431243

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