Lee KF, Chen J, Liang C, Li X, Voss PL, Kumar P. Generation of high-purity telecom-band entangled photon pairs in dispersion-shifted fiber.
OPTICS LETTERS 2006;
31:1905-7. [PMID:
16729110 DOI:
10.1364/ol.31.001905]
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Abstract
We study the purity of correlated photon pairs generated in a dispersion-shifted fiber at various temperatures. The ratio of coincidence to accidental-coincidence counts greater than 100 can be obtained as the fiber is cooled to liquid-nitrogen temperature (77 K). We then generate polarization-entangled photon pairs by using a compact counterpropagating scheme. Two-photon interference with visibility >98% and Bell's inequality violation by >8 standard deviations of measurement uncertainty are observed at 77 K, without subtracting the accidental-coincidence counts due to background Raman photons.
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