Generation of nonclassical photon pairs for scalable quantum communication with atomic ensembles

Nature

Volumn 423, Issue 6941, 2003, Pages 731-734

  Kuzmich, A ^a   Bowen, W P ^a   Boozer, A D ^a   Boca, A ^a   Chou, C W ^a   Duan, L M ^a   Kimble, H J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; QUANTUM THEORY;

QUANTUM COMMUNICATION;

PHOTONS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MEASUREMENT; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0038170292     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01714     Document Type: Letter

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