Increased polarization-entangled photon flux via thinner crystals

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Lee, P S K ^a   Van Exter, M P ^a   Woerdman, J P ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DATA REDUCTION; FUNCTIONS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BETA-BARIUM BORATE (BBO); PHOTON FLUX; SPONTANEOUS PARAMETRIC DOWN-CONVERSION (SPDC); WAVE FUNCTIONS;

CRYSTALS;

EID: 19744381998     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.70.043818     Document Type: Article

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