WO2007102408A1 - 量子もつれ光子対発生装置、及び、量子もつれ光子対発生方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a entangled photon pair generating apparatus and a entangled photon pair generating method for generating a entangled photon pair, in particular, a quantum entangled photon pair having a quantum correlation in the polarization direction. is there.
- Quantum teleportation is an important element in quantum cryptography. Quantum teleportation is a technology that moves only the quantum information of particles to another location. The quantum teleportation is realized by exchanging information between photons using quantum entanglement (quantum entanglement). A photon pair in a entangled state has the property that when one quantum state is determined, the other quantum state is also determined, and this property does not depend on the distance between two photons.
- Photon pairs in the entangled state can be generated using parametric down-conversion, which is one of the second-order nonlinear optical processes.
- Non-Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for spontaneously generating a child pair from a crystal.
- Non-Patent Document 2 also describes a photon carrier whose polarization directions are parallel to each other on the basis of a type I phase matching condition by parametric down-conversion in two nonlinear optical crystals rotated and rotated 90 degrees.
- a technique for generating a pair of quantum entangled photons is disclosed.
- a entangled photon pair generating device using a Mach-Zehnder interferometer is known.
- entangled photon pair generators entangled photon pairs are generated by combining photon pairs emitted from two nonlinear optical crystals with a polarization beam splitter on the output side of the interferometer.
- Non-patent document 1 New high-intensity source of polarization-entangled photon pairs ⁇ P.G. Kwiat, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 4337 (1995).
- Non-Patent Document 2 "Ultrabright source of polarization-entangled photons ⁇ " P. G. Kwiat, et al., Phys. Rev. A 60, R773 (1999)
- Patent Document 3 "Interferometric Bell-state preparation using femtosecond-pulse pum ped spontaneous parametric down-conversion ⁇ Yoon— Ho Kim, et al., Phys. Rev. A 63, 062301 (2001)
- Non-Patent Document 4 "Generation of ultrabright tunable polarization entanglement without spatial, spectral, or temporal constrains ⁇ M. Fiorentino, et al., Phys. Rev. A 6 9, 041801 (R) (2004)
- the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to provide multi-channel (number of arbitrary channels of two or more channels) having a quantum correlation V in the polarization direction.
- the aim is to realize a entangled photon pair generator that can generate photon pairs with high production efficiency.
- the quantum entangled photon pair generation device is a photon pair in which different N (N ⁇ 2) incident optical path forces are also incident, and includes photons having different polarization directions.
- a superposition state generating means for generating a superposition state of a photon pair, and a photon pair incident from the N incident optical paths are separated into a photon having a first polarization direction and a photon having a second polarization direction;
- Incident optical path force An incident photon with the first polarization direction and a photon with the second polarization direction incident from the N ⁇ i + 1st incident optical path are passed through the optical path of the same optical path length. and a light guide means for guiding it to the i-th (l ⁇ i ⁇ N) outgoing optical path.
- I H, V> is the first incident light with the i-th incident optical path force.
- each photon pair IH, V> becomes photon IH> having the first polarization direction and photon IV> having the second polarization direction. To be separated. Then, a photon I H 1 having the first polarization direction incident from the first incident optical path
- Nth incident optical path force The incident photon having the first polarization direction IH 3 ⁇ 4 is guided to the Nth outgoing optical path.
- N N N I ⁇ is in photon pair
- ⁇ 1 I is converted to ⁇ > out.
- IH ⁇ V ' is the photon I with the first polarization direction that also emits the r-th exit optical path force
- the photon I v with the second polarization direction that exits from the ⁇ -th exit optical path > Represents the state vector of a photon pair consisting of
- the quantum entangled photon pair generating device generates an N-channel quantum entangled photon pair I ⁇ > having a quantum correlation in the polarization direction.
- the light guide means of the present invention converts the polarization direction of a photon having the first polarization direction into the second polarization direction in the process of guiding the photon from the incident optical path to the output optical path, A photon having a polarization direction may be converted to a first polarization direction.
- the above light guide means is a superposition state of photon pairs I H, V>,
- ⁇ is a superposition of photon pairs I V H ' ⁇ , ⁇ V H, ..., I V H ⁇ in I N 2 N- l N 1
- N-channel quantum entangled photon pairs I ⁇ with quantum correlation in the polarization direction can be generated.
- the light guiding means can be realized by, for example, a Michelson interferometer.
- the superposition state generating means includes a nonlinear optical crystal that generates a photon pair by incident pump light, and a photon pair generated by the nonlinear optical crystal. And a slit that splits the optical path of the photon pair into the N incident optical paths.
- the superposition state generation unit is branched by a beam splitter that branches an optical path of incident pump light into N optical paths and the beam splitter. And a waveguide-type quasi-phase matching element having N waveguides that generate a photon pair by the pump light and enter the incident optical path.
- the photon pair can be generated by the pump light confined in the waveguide of the waveguide type quasi phase matching element, the generation rate of the photon pair can be increased. There is a further effect of being able to.
- photon pairs can be generated in N waveguides, it is possible to further increase the generation rate of photon pairs compared to the case where photon pairs are generated by only one waveguide. There is a further effect.
- the quantum entangled photon pair generation method is a photon pair in which different N (N ⁇ 2) incident optical path forces are also incident, and includes photons having different polarization directions.
- a superposition state generating step for generating a superposition state of photon pairs, and separating a photon pair incident from the N incident optical paths into a photon having a first polarization direction and a photon having a second polarization direction;
- the exit optical path of the grid (l ⁇ i ⁇ N) also includes a photon having the first polarization direction incident from the incident optical path of the grid and a second polarization direction incident from the N ⁇ i + 1 first optical path.
- a light guide step for guiding the photons through an optical path having the same optical path length.
- I State I ⁇ is generated.
- V> is the 1st incident light path force.
- Is a state vector of a photon pair consisting of a photon IH ; > having a polarization direction (for example, horizontal polarization) and a photon IV (for example, having a second polarization direction (for example, vertical polarization)) incident from the incident light path of the mesh.
- each photon pair IH ;, V) is separated into a photon IH> having a first polarization direction and a photon IVM having a second polarization direction. Then, a photon IH> having a first polarization direction incident from the first incident optical path is guided to the first outgoing optical path.
- the second incident optical path force is incident on the second photon I H> with the second polarization direction.
- Nth incident optical path force Incident photon with the second polarization direction I V is the first outgoing light
- IHW> is a photon with a first polarization direction that also emits the f-th optical path force, and a photon IV with a second polarization direction that exits from the ⁇ -th output path. Represents the state vector of the photon pair.
- the quantum entangled photon generation method can generate a ⁇ channel entangled photon pair I ⁇ > having a quantum correlation in the polarization direction.
- the polarization direction of the photon having the first polarization direction is converted to the second polarization direction
- the polarization direction of the photon having the second polarization direction is the first polarization direction. It may be converted into the polarization direction. Even in this case, photon pairs
- a correlated N-channel entangled photon pair I ⁇ can be generated.
- FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, and is a schematic configuration diagram showing a schematic configuration of a quantum entangled photon pair generation device.
- FIG. 2 showing an embodiment of the present invention, is a schematic configuration diagram showing a schematic configuration of a quantum entangled photon pair generating device capable of generating a four-channel quantum entangled photon pair.
- FIG. 3 showing an embodiment of the present invention, is a schematic configuration diagram showing a schematic configuration of superposition state generating means for generating a photon pair by a waveguide type pseudo phase matching element.
- FIG. 4 shows an embodiment of the present invention, and shows a schematic configuration of a waveguide type quasi-phase matching element applicable to a quantum entangled photon pair generating device capable of generating a 4-channel quantum entangled photon pair. It is a schematic block diagram.
- FIG. 5 shows an embodiment of the present invention.
- the quantum entangled photon pair generation device of the present invention generates a entangled photon pair having a quantum correlation with respect to the polarization direction. It is the block diagram of the used experimental apparatus.
- FIG. 6 shows an embodiment of the present invention, and is a graph demonstrating that the quantum entangled photon pair generation device of the present invention generates a entangled photon pair having a quantum correlation in the polarization direction. is there.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a schematic configuration of the entangled photon pair generation device 100.
- the entangled photon pair generating apparatus 100 roughly generates (1) a superposition state of photon pairs made of photons having different polarization directions, which are incident from two different incident light paths. (2) separating the photon pair from the two incident light paths into a photon with horizontal polarization and a photon with vertical polarization, and entering the first incident light path with the first incident light path. A photon with horizontal polarization incident from the optical path and a photon with vertical polarization incident from the second incident optical path are guided, and the photon with horizontal polarization incident from the second incident optical path to the second outgoing optical path And a light guiding means 120 for guiding the photons having the vertically polarized light incident from the first incident light path.
- the overlapping state generation unit 110 and the light guide unit 120 will be described in order.
- the superposition state generation means 110 of the entangled photon pair generation device 100 includes a laser light source 101, a nonlinear optical crystal 102, and a slit plate 103, as shown in FIG.
- the laser light source 101 emits laser light to the nonlinear optical crystal 102.
- the laser light emitted from the laser light source 101 is incident on a nonlinear optical crystal 102 provided on the optical axis of the laser light.
- the nonlinear optical crystal 102 uses the incident laser light as a pump light and generates a photon pair by a parametric down-conversion process.
- the photon pair generated by the nonlinear optical crystal 102 is a two-photon having orthogonal polarization directions. This is a photon pair.
- the superposition state generation means 110 in the entangled photon pair generation device 100 further includes a slit plate 103.
- the slit plate 103 is a double slit, that is, a slit plate having two slits 103a and 103b, and the optical path of a photon pair emitted from the nonlinear optical crystal 102 is changed to an incident optical path La passing through the slit 103a. Then, the light passes through the slit 103b and branches to an incident optical path Lb parallel to the incident optical path La.
- the slit 103a and the slit 103b are slits that allow the photon pair to pass through without being separated into two photons. Therefore, the photon pair emitted from the nonlinear optical crystal 102 passes through one of the slit 103a and the slit 103b that are not separated into two photon pairs. Therefore, the state I ⁇ of the photon pair after passing through the slit is the same as the state I H, V ⁇ in which both two photon forces S pass through the slit 103a, and the two photons both pass through the slit 103b a a a
- the state I ⁇ > of the photon pair immediately after passing through the slit 103 forms a spatially entangled state, but does not form a entangled state related to polarization.
- the two photons that make up the photon pair have a quantum correlation with respect to the passing slit.
- the light guide 120 in the entangled photon pair generator 100 is a polarization beam splitter 1
- Michelson interferometer including 09.
- the light guide means 120 will be described in detail below with reference to FIG.
- the polarization beam splitter On the incident optical path La'Lb of the photon emitted from the slit 103a'b, the polarization beam splitter
- the polarizing beam splitter 104 is arranged. At the position where the incident optical path La (Lb) enters the polarizing beam splitter Is provided with a port PI (P2), and the photon pair that has passed through the slit 103a (103b) enters the polarization beam splitter 104 through the port PI (P2).
- the polarizing beam splitter 104 includes a functional surface 104 ′ that transmits photons having horizontal polarization and reflects photons having vertical polarization.
- the functional surface is 104 mm, and its normal is 45 degrees to the incident optical path La'Lb, and the incident optical path La (Lb) force also reflects the photons with the vertically polarized light incident on the port P6 ( Through P5), the light is guided to an optical path Le (Lf) orthogonal to the incident optical path La.
- photons with horizontally polarized light incident from the incident optical path La (Lb) pass straight through the functional surface 104 ′ of the polarizing beam splitter 104 and travel to the optical path Lc (L d) via the port P3 (P4). It is guided. That is, the polarization beam splitter 104 separates the photons having horizontally polarized light and the vertically polarized light that are incident as a pair, guides the photons having horizontally polarized light to the optical path Lc or Ld, and causes the photons having vertically polarized light. To the light path Le or Lf.
- a 1Z4 wavelength plate 105 and a reflecting mirror 106 are arranged on the optical path Lc′Ld.
- the reflection surface of the reflection mirror 106 is orthogonal to the optical path Lc ⁇ Ld, and photons incident on the reflection mirror 106 via the optical path Lc (Ld) are reflected by the reflection mirror 106 and pass through the same optical path Lc (Ld). Then, it enters the polarization beam splitter 104 again.
- the 1Z4 wavelength plate 105 has an action of converting the horizontally polarized light incident from the side of the polarization beam splitter 104 into circularly polarized light and converting the circularly polarized light re-entered from the reflecting mirror 106 side into vertically polarized light.
- the photons with horizontal polarization emitted from the port P3 (P4) are subjected to the above action of the 1Z4 wave plate 105 in the forward path and the return path, become vertical polarization, and the port P3 (P4) force is also applied to the polarization beam splitter 104. Re-enter. Then, the photon re-incident with the port P3 (P4) force is reflected by the functional surface 104 ′ because of the vertical polarization, and is guided to the outgoing optical path (Lb ′) orthogonal to the optical path Lc (Ld).
- a quarter-wave plate 107 and a folding mirror 108 are arranged on the optical path Le′Lf.
- the folding mirror 108 is composed of two orthogonal reflecting surfaces 108a'b.
- the reflection surface 108b is disposed in parallel with the functional surface 104 ′ of the polarization beam splitter 104 described above on the optical path Lf.
- the reflecting surface 108a is disposed so as to be orthogonal to the reflecting surface 108b on the optical path Le. Accordingly, photons that have entered the folding mirror 108 via the optical path Le are reflected by the reflecting surface 108a, guided to the optical path Lg, and further reflected by the reflecting surface 108b to be guided to the optical path Lf.
- the photons that have entered the folding mirror 108 via the optical path Lf are reflected on the reflecting surface 10. It is reflected by 8b, guided to the optical path Lg, and further reflected by the reflecting surface 108a to be guided to the optical path Le.
- a 1Z4 wavelength plate 107 is disposed on the optical path Le'Lf. Therefore, the photons with vertical polarization emitted from the port P6 (P5) are converted into horizontal polarization by the action of the 1 Z4 wave plate 107 similar to the 1Z4 wave plate 105 described above, and the port P5 (P6) force is also applied to the polarization beam split. Re-enters the wing 104. Then, the photon re-incident with the port P5 (P6) force is transmitted through the functional surface 104 ′ because it is horizontally polarized light, and is guided to the above-described outgoing optical path Lb ′ (La ′).
- the light guiding means 120 converts a photon pair incident from the first incident optical path La and the second incident optical path Lb into a photon having horizontal polarization (first polarization direction) and vertical polarization (second polarization).
- a photon having a polarization direction of The light guiding means 120 includes a first exit optical path La, a photon having horizontal polarization incident from the first incident optical path La, and a photon having vertical polarization incident from the second incident optical path Lb.
- the second outgoing optical path Lb and the second incident optical path Lb and the horizontally polarized photon and the first incident optical path La and the incident vertical polarized photon are guided.
- the polarization direction of all photons is reversed from vertical polarization to horizontal polarization, or from horizontal polarization to vertical polarization.
- the separation mirror 109 By further disposing the separation mirror 109 on the optical path between the outgoing optical path La 'and the outgoing optical path Lb', photons emitted from the outgoing optical path L and the outgoing optical path LIT can be directed in an arbitrary direction. It can be reflected and guided.
- the reflecting surfaces 109a and 109b are arranged so as to be orthogonal to each other, and the photons emitted from the outgoing optical path La ′ and the outgoing optical path Lb ′ are guided in opposite directions. /
- the light guide means 120 acts on the state I H, V> that has passed through the slit 103b.
- the state vector of one photon with horizontal polarization localized at port Pi is denoted as I H>
- the state vector of one photon with vertical polarization localized at port Pi is denoted as I V>.
- the photon pair at b b that is, the photon pair incident from the incident optical path Lb, enters the polarization beam splitter 104 from port P2 (I H>
- the photon I H> output from the port P3 has the optical path Lc as a result of the action of the 1Z4 wave plate 105.
- the deflection direction is changed by 90 degrees and re-enters port P3 as a vertical deflection (IV>). Then, the light is reflected from 104 mm on the functional surface, and the outgoing light path Lb is reflected from port P8.
- the light is converted into vertical deflection and guided to the outgoing light path La.
- the photon I V ⁇ output from the port P6 is reflected by the action of the 1Z4 wavelength plate 107.
- the deflection direction is changed by 90 degrees and becomes horizontal deflection and enters port P5 (I H>). Then, the light passes through the functional surface 104 ′ and passes from the port P7 to the outgoing optical path Lb.
- the light beam is converted into horizontal deflection and guided to the outgoing light path Lb.
- the photon having horizontal deflection and the photon having vertical deflection are separated from each other.
- the photon having horizontal deflection is output from port P4 (I H>), and the photon having vertical deflection is output from port P5.
- the photon I H> output from the port P4 has the optical path Ld as a result of the action of the 1Z4 wavelength plate 105.
- the deflection direction is changed by 90 degrees, and after a vertical deflection, re-enters port P4 (IV>). Then, it is reflected from 104 mm of the functional surface and exits from the port P7.
- the deflection direction is changed by 90 degrees and enters the port P6 with horizontal deflection (I H>). Then, the light passes through the functional surface 104 ′ and passes from the port P8 to the outgoing optical path La.
- the light beam is converted into horizontal deflection and guided to the outgoing light path La.
- the light guiding means 120 is designed so that the optical path lengths from the incidence to the port P1 or the port P2 to the emission from the port P7 or the port P8 are the same for the optical path of each photon. Therefore, photons that are simultaneously incident on port P1 and port P2 are simultaneously output from port P7 and port P8.
- the photon IH> having horizontal polarization incident from the incident optical path La and the photon IV having vertical polarization incident from the incident optical path Lb are simultaneously output ab optical path ⁇ You will be guided.
- the photon I H> with horizontal polarization incident from the incident light path Lb and the photon I V> with vertical polarization incident from the b incident light path La are simultaneously transmitted to the output light path Lb.
- the converted state I ⁇ > is a polarization entangled state. That is, the output optical path L out
- the polarization direction of the photon output to the output light path Lb has a quantum correlation with the polarization direction of the output photon, and if the polarization direction of the photon is observed in one of the output light paths, the other output light
- the direction of polarization of photons output to the path is determined. As shown in Figure 1, Even in the state where two photons are emitted in opposite directions by Ra 109 and the distance between the two photons is arbitrarily increased, the quantum correlation between the two photons continues to be maintained.
- the superposition state generating means in the quantum entangled photon pair generating device of the present invention may be one that branches the optical path of the photon pair by three or more slits. It is also possible to adopt a one-dimensional diffraction grating having a periodic structure in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction of the pump light as a slit plate having a large number of slits.
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic configuration of a entangled photon pair generation device 200 in which the number of slits of the slit plate 103 is changed to four.
- the only difference between the quantum entangled photon pair generating device 100 in FIG. 1 and the quantum entangled photon pair generating device 200 shown in FIG. 2 is the number of slits of the slit plate 103.
- the description is abbreviate
- the slit plate 103 of the entangled photon pair generation device 200 branches the optical path of the incident photon pair into four incident optical paths La to Ld.
- the light guiding means 120 of the quantum entangled photon pair generating device 200 is configured as a Michelson interferometer, similar to the quantum entangled photon pair generating device 100, and the photon pairs incident from the four incident optical paths La to Ld are also horizontally polarized.
- the photons are separated into four photons and vertically polarized photons.
- the light guiding means 120 of the entangled photon pair generating device 200 is a photon with horizontal polarization incident from the first incident optical path La
- the second output optical path Lb is guided to the photon IH> having horizontal polarization incident from the second incident optical path Lb and the photon IV having vertical polarization incident from the third incident optical path Lc.
- the third output optical path LcH is guided to the photon IH> having horizontal polarization incident from the third incident optical path Lc and the photon IV having vertical polarization incident from the second incident optical path Lb.
- the entangled photon pair generation device 200 generates multi-channel entangled photon pairs.
- the superposition state generation means of the present invention is not limited to this. That is, as the superposition state generation means of the present invention, the superposition state generation means 131 shown in FIG. 3 including the beam splitter 132 and the waveguide type quasi phase matching element 133 is employed instead of the slit plate 103. It is also possible to
- the overlay state generation means 130 will be described with reference to FIG.
- the beam splitter 132 splits the pump light incident from the input port 132a and emits the split pump light from the output port 132b and the output port 132c.
- a mirror 134a (134b) is disposed on the optical path of the pump light emitted from the output port 132b (132c), and the pump light is guided to the waveguide 133a ( 133b).
- the beam splitter 132, the waveguide type quasi-phase matching element 133, and the mirror 134a'b include the optical path length from the output port 132b to the waveguide input a, and the output port 132.
- the arrangement is adjusted so that the optical path length from c to the waveguide input b is the same. Therefore
- the superposition state generating means 130 When the superposition state generating means 130 is used, in principle, all photon pairs generated in the waveguide can be converted into polarization entangled photon pairs. In other words, the generation efficiency of the polarization entangled photon pair can be improved as compared with the case where the slit is used as the overlapping state generating means. This is because when a photon pair is generated by the waveguide type quasi phase matching element 133, a photon pair that cannot pass through the slit and is not input to the Michelson interferometer does not appear. Further, when the superposition state generating means 130 is employed, the pump light is propagated while confined in a narrow space (waveguide), so that photon pairs can be generated with high efficiency. Therefore, it is possible to increase the probability that a photon pair having multiphoton force such as 4-photon and 6-photon is generated in the waveguide by only a photon pair consisting of 2 photons.
- multiphoton force such as 4-photon and 6-photon
- the superposition state generation means 131 that generates photon pairs by the waveguide type pseudo phase matching element 133 also includes a number of waveguides provided in the waveguide type pseudo phase matching element 133. By doing so, it is possible to generate a superposition state of photon pairs incident from three or more incident light paths.
- FIG. 4 shows a waveguide type quasi-phase matching element 133 including four waveguides 133a to 133d. If the waveguide-type quasi-phase-matching element 133 shown in Fig. 4 is applied to the entangled photon pair generator 200, a entangled photon pair generator capable of generating a 4-channel entangled photon pair with high efficiency can be obtained. It can be realized. In a quantum entangled photon pair generator that uses such a waveguide type quasi-phase matching element with a large number of waveguides, the probability that two or three pairs of photons are generated simultaneously in separate waveguides. Can also be increased.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of an experimental apparatus used for the experiment.
- the laser light oscillated from the mode-locked laser (Ti: sapphire) 111 is nonlinearly optically coupled through the LBO (Lithium 13 ⁇ 41> 0 & 6) crystal 112.
- the light was incident on crystal 102 and used as pump light.
- a collimating lens 113 is provided on the optical path of a photon generated by the nonlinear optical crystal 102 and passed through two slits of the slit plate 103, and the photon transmitted through the collimating lens 113 is incident on the light guiding means 120.
- the light guide means 120 a Michelson interferometer configured in the same manner as the light guide means 120 shown in FIG. 1 was used.
- an observation device 140 comprising a coincidence counter 146 was used.
- the non-pass filter 144a'b a 3 nm-band pass filter having a center wavelength of 800 nm was used.
- the photon emitted from the port P7 is guided to the polarizer 142a by the split mirror 141a. And only photons with polarization direction ⁇ '
- the light passes through the bandpass filter 143 and enters the avalanche photodiode 145a.
- the photon emitted from the port P8 is guided to the polarizer 142b by the split mirror 141b. Then, only photons having the polarization direction ⁇ ′ are transmitted through the polarizer 142b and
- the light is incident on the avalanche photodiode 145b through the depass filter 143b.
- avalanche photodiodes 145a and 145b detect photons, an electrical signal is input to the clock 146.
- the coincidence counter 146 counts the number of times that a photon is simultaneously detected by the avalanche photodiode 145a and 145b.
- the photon counting rate was measured.
- the photon counting rate measured here is the number of times a photon was simultaneously detected by avalanche photodiodes 145a and 145b, counted for 10 seconds by coincidence counter 146.
- the entangled photon pair generation device generates a superposition state of photon pairs made of photons having different polarization directions, which are incident from different N (N ⁇ 2) incident light paths.
- the photon pair incident from the N incident optical paths are separated into a photon having the first polarization direction and a photon having the second polarization direction, and the i-th (l ⁇ i ⁇ N ),
- the photon having the first polarization direction incident from the i-th incident optical path and the photon having the second polarization direction incident from the N-i + 1 first incident optical path are set to the same optical path length.
- a light guiding means guided through the optical path of the N channel it is possible to generate an N-channel entangled photon pair I ⁇ > having a quantum correlation with respect to the polarization direction.
- the method of generating a entangled photon pair according to the present invention is a state in which photon pairs composed of photons having different polarization directions incident from different N (N ⁇ 2) incident optical paths are superimposed. And the photon pair incident from the N incident optical paths are separated into a photon having the first polarization direction and a photon having the second polarization direction, and the i th (l ⁇ i ⁇ N), the photon with the first polarization direction that also entered the grid's incident optical path force is the same as the photon with the second polarization direction incident from the N ⁇ i + 1st incident optical path.
- the quantum entangled photon pair generating device of the present invention can be applied to an apparatus or a method for quantum communication realized using quantum entangled photons.
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