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Monolithic Integration of Polarization-entangled Photon Pair Source Using Silicon Photonics Technology

Nobuyuki Matsuda, Hiroshi Fukuda, Tai Tsuchizawa, William J. Munro, Kaoru Shimizu, Koji Yamada, 康弘 都倉, Hiroki Takesue

Published Aug 1, 2013• 0 citations
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Abstract

Quantum entanglement is an essential resource for quantum information processing technologies, including quantum communication and quantum computation.In this article, we present the world's first-ever monolithically integrated polarization-entangled photon pair source on a silicon chip.
DOI
10.53829/ntr201308ra1

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