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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Monolithically Integrated Hong-Ou-Mandel Experiment in LiNbO3

Kai-Hong Luo, Sebastian Brauner, Christof Eigner, Polina R. Sharapova, Raimund Ricken, T. Meier, Harald Herrmann, Christine Silberhorn

Published Jan 1, 2018• 1 citation
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Abstract

We implemented a fully integrated Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) interference circuit which comprises a qubit generation, passive routing, fast active polarization manipulation, electro-optic balanced switching, and a variable time delay based on Ti:LiNbO3 waveguides.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_qels.2018.fm1g.3

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