[CFA7I] Quantum Frequency Conversion

[CFA7I-04] Polarization Multiplexing of an Ultrafast Single-Photon Detector by Optical Kerr Gating

*Takahisa Kuwana¹, Masahiro Yabuno², Fumihiro China², Shigehito Miki², Hirotaka Terai², Peter J. Mosley³, Rui-Bo Jin⁴, Ryosuke Shimizu¹ (1. The University of Electro-Communications (Japan), 2. Advanced ICT Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (Japan), 3. Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials, Department of Physics, University of Bath (UK), 4. Hubei Key Laboratory of Optical Information and Pattern Recognition, Wuhan Institute of Technology (China))

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We develop an ultrafast single-photon detector with optical Kerr gating using a photonic crystal fiber. Adopting the polarization-multiplexing technique, we achieved the sub-picosecond resolution in the single-photon detection of each polarization mode.