High brightness single mode source of correlated photon pairs using a photonic crystal fiber

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 7572-7582

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; DIODES; DISPERSION (WAVES); PHOTONS; SILICON;

PARAMETRIC WAVELENGTHS; PHOTON COUNTING DETECTORS; PHOTON PAIRS; SILICON AVALANCHE;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 25144439526     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.007572     Document Type: Article

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