Continuously active interferometer stabilization and control for time-bin entanglement distribution

Toliver, Paul; Dailey, James M.; Agarwal, Anjali; Peters, Nicholas A.

doi:10.1364/OE.23.004135

Title: Continuously active interferometer stabilization and control for time-bin entanglement distribution

Abstract

In this study, we describe a new method enabling continuous stabilization and fine-level phase control of time-bin entanglement interferometers. Using this technique we demonstrate entangled photon transmission through 50 km of standard single-mode fiber. This technique reuses the entangled-pair generation pump which is co-propagated with the transmitted entangled photons. In addition, the co-propagating pump adds minimal noise to the entangled photons which are characterized by measuring a two-photon interference fringe.

Authors:

Toliver, Paul ^[1]; Dailey, James M. ^[1]; Agarwal, Anjali ^[1]; Peters, Nicholas A. ^[1]

Applied Communication Sciences (Vencore Company), Red Bank, New Jersey (United States)

Publication Date:: Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 EST 2015

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1265316

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Optics Express

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 23; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1094-4087

Publisher:: Optical Society of America (OSA)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS

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                    Toliver, Paul, Dailey, James M., Agarwal, Anjali, and Peters, Nicholas A. Continuously active interferometer stabilization and control for time-bin entanglement distribution.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Toliver, Paul, Dailey, James M., Agarwal, Anjali, & Peters, Nicholas A. Continuously active interferometer stabilization and control for time-bin entanglement distribution.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.23.004135

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                    Toliver, Paul, Dailey, James M., Agarwal, Anjali, and Peters, Nicholas A. Tue .  
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  title        = {Continuously active interferometer stabilization and control for time-bin entanglement distribution},

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  abstractNote = {In this study, we describe a new method enabling continuous stabilization and fine-level phase control of time-bin entanglement interferometers. Using this technique we demonstrate entangled photon transmission through 50 km of standard single-mode fiber. This technique reuses the entangled-pair generation pump which is co-propagated with the transmitted entangled photons. In addition, the co-propagating pump adds minimal noise to the entangled photons which are characterized by measuring a two-photon interference fringe.},

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  journal      = {Optics Express},

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  year         = {Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 EST 2015},

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