Efficient Bell state analyzer for time-bin qubits with fast-recovery WSi superconducting single photon detectors

Opt Express. 2014 Oct 6;22(20):24497-506. doi: 10.1364/OE.22.024497.

Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate a high-efficiency Bell state measurement for time-bin qubits that employs two superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors with short dead-times, allowing projections onto two Bell states, |ψ⁻〉 and |ψ⁺〉. Compared to previous implementations for time-bin qubits, this yields an increase in the efficiency of Bell state analysis by a factor of thirty.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.