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Verification of single-photon path entanglement using a nitrogen vacancy center
Abstract:
Path entanglement is an essential resource for photonic quantum information processing, including in quantum computing, quantum communication, and quantum sensing. In this work, we experimentally study the generation and verification of bipartite path-entangled states using single photons produced by a nitrogen vacancy center within a nanodiamond. We perform a range of measurements to characterize the photons being generated and verify the presence of path entanglement. The experiment is performed using continuous-wave laser excitation and a novel, to our knowledge, state-generation 'time-window' method. This approach to path entanglement verification is different from previous work as it does not make use of a pulsed laser excitation source.
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