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Bright, Waveguide-based Entanglement Sources for High-rate Quantum Networking

Catherine Lee, Nicholas D. Hardy, Neal W. Spellmeyer, Ryan P. Murphy, Matthew E. Grein, P. Ben Dixon, Don M. Boroson, Scott A. Hamilton

Published Jan 1, 2022• 6 citations
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Abstract

We designed and built two polarization entanglement sources optimized for high-rate quantum networking under pump power constraints. We demonstrated entanglement swapping between the sources.
DOI
10.1364/quantum.2022.qth4a.7

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