Optical mode characterization of single photons prepared by means of conditional measurements on a biphoton state

European Physical Journal D

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 237-245

  Aichele, T ^a   Lvovsky, A I ^a   Schiller, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARTICLE BEAMS;

A-TRANSFORM; BIPHOTONS; CONDITIONAL MEASUREMENTS; MATCHINGS; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL MODES; OPTIMISATIONS; PARAMETRIC DOWNCONVERSION; PHOTON PAIRS; SINGLE PHOTONS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 0000003381     PISSN: 14346060     EISSN: 14346079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e20020028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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