Spatial and spectral mode selection of heralded single photons from pulsed parametric down-donversion

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 6709-6722

  Castelletto, S ^a   Degiovanni, I P ^a   Schettini, V ^a   Migdall, A ^b  

^a ISTITUTO ELETTROTECNICO NAZIONALE GALILEO FERRARIS   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; CORRELATION METHODS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL FIBERS; PROBABILITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BEAM SIZE; HERALDED PHOTONS; SPECTRAL EMISSION; SPECTRAL ENTANGLEMENT;

PHOTONS;

EID: 24944527955     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.006709     Document Type: Article

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