Quantum theory analysis of twin-photon beams generated by parametric fluorescence

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1203-1212

  Suhara, Toshiaki ^a   Kintaka, Hiroki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optics; Parametric fluorescence; Quantum information; Quantum optics; Twin photons

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LITHIUM NIOBATE; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY;

PARAMETRIC FLUORESCENCE; QUANTUM THEORY ANALYSIS; TWIN PHOTONS; TWIN-PHOTON GENERATION DEVICES;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 24744453958     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2005.852987     Document Type: Article

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