title: Beamlike high-brightness source of polarization-entangled photon pairs.
abstract: We report on an ultrabright beamlike source of polarization-entangled photon pairs that is suitable for the task of multiphoton quantum information processing. The photon pairs are generated from a beamlike type-II parametric downconversion process in two adjacently located but 180 degrees rotated beta-barium borate crystals. Approximately 30,000 s(-1) entangled photon pairs are recorded experimentally with only 100 mW pump power. The fidelity of the generated entangled state as compared with a Bell state is measured to be 0.974 with the method of quantum state tomography. With this source, we also obtain a violation of Bell's inequality by 61 standard deviations in just a few seconds.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Ling
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.forename: Yun-Feng
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Guo-Yong
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.forename: Guang-Can
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Z Y
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Ou