Transverse-mode beam splitter of a light beam and its application to quantum cryptography

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 012323/1-012323/7

  Sasada, Hiroyuki ^a   Okamoto, Megumi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0141461496     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.68.012323     Document Type: Article

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