Photonic crystal fiber source of correlated photon pairs

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 534-544

  Rarity, J G ^a   Fulconis, J ^a   Duligall, J ^a   Wadsworth, W J ^b   Russell, P St J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FIBER OPTICS; FREQUENCIES; LASER PULSES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PHOTONS; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

NONLINEAR PROCESS; PHOTON COUNTING DETECTORS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBRE (PCF); QUANTUM COMMUNICATION;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 13544272836     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.000534     Document Type: Article

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