Distribution of Time-Bin Entangled Photons through a 7.7 km Hollow-Core Fiber

Michael Antesberger, Carla M. D. Richter, Francesco Poletti, Periklis Petropoulos, Obada Alia, George Theodore Kanellos, Hannes Hübel, Lee A. Rozema, Alessandro Trenti, Philip John Walther

Published Jan 1, 2023• 1 citation

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Abstract

We distribute entangled time-bin qubits, separated by 200 picoseconds, through a low-latency 7.7 km hollow-core fiber. Due to dispersion, these time bins cannot be resolved when sent through commercial silica fiber of the same length.

DOI: 10.1364/cleo_fs.2023.fm1a.8

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