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Single pairs of time-bin entangled photons (1507.01876v1)
Published 7 Jul 2015 in quant-ph, cond-mat.mes-hall, and physics.optics
Abstract: Time-bin entangled photons are ideal for long-distance quantum communication via optical fibers. Here we present a source where, even at high creation rates, each excitation pulse generates at most one time-bin entangled pair. This is important for the accuracy and security of quantum communication. Our site-controlled quantum dot generates single polarization-entangled photon pairs, which are then converted, without loss of entanglement strength, into single time-bin entangled photon pairs.