Coherent frequency-down-conversion interface for quantum repeaters.
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We report a coherence-preserving photon frequency down-conversion experiment based on difference-frequency generation in a periodically poled Lithium niobate waveguide, at the single-photon level. The coherence of the process has been demonstrated by measuring the phase coherence of pseudo single-photon time-bin qubits after frequency conversion with an interference visibility of >96 %. This interface could be of interest for quantum repeater based hybrid networks.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Optics express
دوره 18 21 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010