Steck, DanielSmith, Roger2016-11-212016-11-212016-11-21https://hdl.handle.net/1794/20696The creation of optical states of light that are quantum mechanical in nature in optical fibers is discussed and demonstrated experimentally. Specifically, two- photon states created by spontaneous four-wave-mixing in commercially available single-mode, birefringent fibers are studied. When creating photon states of light, it is important to verify the created states are of the proper photon number distribution and free of noise. We detail a method for combining thresholding, non-number resolving detectors to characterize the photon number distribution created via SFWM and a procedure to quantify the noise sources present in the process. Frequency translation in optical fibers with two-photon states is discussed and experimental considerations are presented.en-USCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-USFiber opticsNonlinear opticsQuantum detectorsQuantum opticsElectronic Thesis or Dissertation