Compact source of polarization-entangled photon pairs

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 276-281

  Trojek, P ^b   Schmid, Ch ^b   Bourennane, M ^b   Weinfurter, H ^b   Kurtsiefer, Ch ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BANDWIDTH; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MEASUREMENT THEORY; NONLINEAR OPTICS; QUANTUM OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

COMPACT SOURCE; PARAMETRIC PROCESSES; POLARIZATION-ENTANGLED PHOTON PAIRS; QUANTUM METROLOGY;

PHOTONS;

EID: 2942739188     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.000276     Document Type: Article

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