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CW-pumped telecom band polarization entangled photon pair generation in a Sagnac interferometer
A polarization entangled photon pair source is widely used in many quantum
information processing applications such as teleportation, quantum swapping,
quantum computation and high precision quantum metrology. Here, we report on
the generation of a continuous-wave pumped degenerated 1550 nm polarization
entangled photon pair source at telecom wavelength using a type-II
phase-matched periodically poled KTiOPO4 crystal in a Sagnac interferometer.
Hong-Ou-Mandel-type interference measurement shows the photon bandwidth of 2.4
nm. High quality of entanglement is verified by various kinds of measurements,
for example two-photon interference fringes, Bell inequality and quantum states
tomography. The wavelength of photons can be tuned over a broad range by
changing the temperature of crystal or pump power without losing the quality of
entanglement. This source will be useful for building up long-distance quantum
networks
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