Phase-locking an interferometer with single-photon detections

We report on a novel phase-locking technique for fiber-based Mach–Zehnder interferometers based on discrete single-photon detections, and demonstrate this in a setup. Our interferometer decodes relative-phase-encoded optical pulse pairs for quantum key distribution applications and requires no locki...

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Main Authors: Bastian Hacker, Kevin Günthner, Conrad Rößler, Christoph Marquardt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ad0752