Efficient extraction of polarization-entanglement in ultrafast type-II SPDC

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Kim, Yoon-Ho, W.P. Grice, S.P. Kulik, M.V. Chekhova, and Y. Shih."Efficient Extraction of Polarization-Entanglement in Ultrafast Type-II SPDC" Paper presented at Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), Baltimore, MD, 6 June 2003. https://doi.org/10.1109/QELS.2003.238039.

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This work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law.
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We report an entanglement extraction scheme in which polarization-entangled photons are generated in ultrafast type-II SPDC without the need for spectral filters. High-quality polarization entanglement is possible, regardless of pump pulse duration or crystal thickness.