All-Fiber Source of Polarization-Entangled Photon Pairs Based on a Novel Birefringence Compensated Scheme
Han Chuen Lim, Dexiang Wang, Takuo Tanemura, K. Katoh, Kazuro Kikuchi · 2006 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings · 2006
We propose a new all-fiber source of polarization-entangled photon pairs for quantum communications. Fiber birefringence is compensated using Faraday rotator mirror, resulting in enhanced stability against random polarization drifts compared to existing schemes.