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Characterization of high-purity, pulsed squeezed light at telecom wavelengths from pp-KTP for quantum information applications

Published

Author(s)

Thomas Gerrits, Burm Baek, Martin J. Stevens, Brice R. Calkins, Adriana E. Lita, Scott C. Glancy, Emanuel H. Knill, Sae Woo Nam, Richard P. Mirin, Robert Hadfield, Ryan Bennink, Warren Grice, Sander N. Dorenbos, Tony Zijlstra, Teun Klapwijk, Val Zwiller

Abstract

We characterize a pp-KTP crystal designed to produce pure single mode squeezed vacuum at 1570 nm. Measurements show Hong-Ou-Mandel interference with 97% visibility and a circular joint spectral distribution with a Schmidt number of 1.08.
Proceedings Title
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) Proceedings
Conference Dates
May 1-6, 2011
Conference Location
Baltimore, MD

Keywords

squeezing, periodic poling, cat states

Citation

Gerrits, T. , Baek, B. , Stevens, M. , Calkins, B. , Lita, A. , Glancy, S. , Knill, E. , Nam, S. , Mirin, R. , Hadfield, R. , Bennink, R. , Grice, W. , Dorenbos, S. , Zijlstra, T. , Klapwijk, T. and Zwiller, V. (2011), Characterization of high-purity, pulsed squeezed light at telecom wavelengths from pp-KTP for quantum information applications, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) Proceedings, Baltimore, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=907451 (Accessed April 19, 2024)
Created May 1, 2011, Updated February 19, 2017