Photon Pair Generation in Birefringent Fiber: A Route to Better Photons
Jeff S. Lundeen, Offir Cohen, Pierre Mahou, Brian J. Smith, Ian A. Walmsley · 2009
We show that birefringent waveguides, such as optical fibers, allow us to produce photons with desired spectral and spatial characteristics. Tailoring these characteristics is crucial for high-fidelity operation of waveguide quantum logic gates.