Tianxuan Feng, Rong Fan, Ronghua Fan, Conghao Wang, Chao Huang, Ang Li, Hanyi Zhang, Yin Cao, Lijing Li
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Abstract
Photon-based entanglement sources, crucial for obtaining entangled states, are typically generated via spontaneous parametric down-conversion. However, birefringence in nonlinear crystals causes spatial or temporal walk-off, reducing entangled photon quality. The theoretical analysis attributes birefringent walk-off to dispersive materials curbed by pre- and post-compensation. We experimentally validate this method, enhancing polarization-entangled photon quality. We measured the Bell state along with a violation of CHSH-Bell's inequality by ∼366 standard deviations (S = 2.623 ± 0.0017). Our approach, simple and stable, does not complicate setups. Its applicability extends to optimizing various entanglement source schemes, aiding optical quantum technologies such as computation, sensing, and communication.
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Optics Express is the all-electronic, open access journal for optics providing rapid publication for peer-reviewed articles that emphasize scientific and technology innovations in all aspects of optics and photonics.
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