Highly efficient generation of pulsed photon pairs with bulk periodically poled potassium titanyl phosphate

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2081-2084

  Shi, Bao Sen ^a   Tomita, Akihisa ^a  

^a NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; PUMPING (LASER); SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

POLED POTASSIUM TITANYL PHOSPHATE; PULSED PHOTON PAIRS;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 11244255108     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.002081     Document Type: Article

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