Simple and practical method of characterizing the parametric down-conversion source

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/26/11/110302

Abstract Parametric down-conversion (PDC) sources play an important role in quantum information processing, therefore characterizing their properties is necessary. Here we present a statistical model to assess the properties of the PDC source with certain distribution, such as the brightness and photon channel transmissions, we only need to measure the singles and coincidences counts in a few seconds. Furthermore, we validate the model by applying it to a PDC source generating highly non-degenerate photon pairs. The results of the experiment indicate that our method is more simple, efficient, and less time consuming.

Keywords: parametric down-conversion brightness photon channel transmission

Received: 20 March 2017
Revised: 23 July 2017
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PACS:	03.67.-a	(Quantum information)
	42.50.-p	(Quantum optics)
	03.67.Hk	(Quantum communication)
	03.67.Dd	(Quantum cryptography and communication security)

Fund: Project supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program (B) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) (Grant Nos. XDB01030100 and XDB01030300), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2016YFA0302600), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61475148 and 61575183).

Corresponding Authors: Zhen-Qiang Yin, Wei Chen, Zheng-Fu Han, Qin Wang
E-mail: yinzheqi@mail.ustc.edu.cn;weich@ustc.edu.cn;zfhan@ustc.edu.cn;qinw@njut.edu.cn

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Dong Wang(王东), Juan Wu(伍娟), Liang-Yuan Zhao(赵良圆), Xue-Bi An(安雪碧), Zhen-Qiang Yin(银振强), Wei Chen(陈巍), Zheng-Fu Han(韩正甫), Qin Wang(王琴) Simple and practical method of characterizing the parametric down-conversion source 2017 Chin. Phys. B 26 110302

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