Heralding single photons from pulsed parametric down-conversion

Optics Communications

Volumn 246, Issue 4-6, 2005, Pages 545-550

  Pittman, T B ^a   Jacobs, B C ^a   Franson, J D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Parametric down conversion; Quantum interference; Single photon source

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; QUANTUM OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

MULTI-PHOTON INTERFERENCE; PARAMETRIC DOWN-CONVERSION (PDC) PROCESS; QUANTUM INFORMATION PROCESSING; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE;

PHOTONS;

EID: 13544265319     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2004.11.027     Document Type: Article

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