Tests of a two-photon technique for measuring polarization mode dispersion with subfemtosecond precision

Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-10

  Dauler, Eric ^a   Jaeger, Gregg ^a   Muller, Antoine ^a,c   Migdall, Alan ^a   Sergienko, Alexander ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; QUANTUM OPTICS;

POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION (PMD); QUANTUM INTERFEROMETRIC METHODS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 0032624722     PISSN: 1044677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6028/jres.104.001     Document Type: Article

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