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Joint Temporal Density Measurements for Two-Photon State Characterization
- Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- We demonstrate a new technique for characterizing two-photon quantum states based on joint temporal correlation measurements using time resolved single photon detection by femtosecond upconversion. We measure for the first time the joint temporal density of a two-photon entangled state, showing clearly the time anti-correlation of the coincident-frequency entangled photon pair generated by ultrafast spontaneous parametric down-conversion under extended phase-matching conditions. The new technique enables us to manipulate the frequency entanglement by varying the down-conversion pump bandwidth to produce a nearly unentangled two-photon state that is expected to yield a heralded single-photon state with a purity of 0.88. The time-domain correlation technique complements existing frequency-domain measurement methods for a more complete characterization of photonic entanglement in quantum information processing.<br />Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures
- Subjects :
- Quantum Physics
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.0807.1573
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.153602