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Sagnac interferometer-type nondegenerate polarization entangled two-photon source with a Fresnel rhomb.

Naoto AizawaKazuya NiizekiRiku SasakiTomoyuki Horikiri
Published in: Applied optics (2023)
Telecommunication wavelength-entangled photon sources (EPS) are indispensable systems for a fiber-based quantum network. We developed a Sagnac-type spontaneous parametric down conversion system adopting a Fresnel rhomb as a wideband and reasonable retarder. This novelty, to the best of our knowledge, enables the generation of a highly nondegenerate two-photon entanglement comprising the telecommunication wavelength (1550 nm) and quantum memory wavelength (606 nm for Pr:YSO) with only one nonlinear crystal. Quantum state tomography was performed to evaluate the degree of entanglement, and the fidelity with a Bell state | Φ +⟩ with a maximum of 94.4% was obtained. Therefore, this paper shows the potential of nondegenerate EPSs that are compatible with both telecommunication wavelength and quantum-memory wavelength to be installed in quantum repeater architecture.
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