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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

A Polarization-independent directional coupler on a thin-film lithium niobate platform

Uday Saha, Edo Waks A

Published Jan 1, 2022• 0 citations
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Abstract

We design a polarization-insensitive directional coupler on a thin-film lithium niobate platform by overcoming the polarization anisotropy. We use it as a Bell-state analyzer for entangling two remote trapped ions and achieve < 99.99% fidelity.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_si.2022.sth4h.2

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