Single photon detection of degenerate photon pairs at 1.55 μm from a periodically poled lithium niobate parametric downconverter

Journal of Modern Optics

Volumn 51-9, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1417-1432

  Albota, Marius A ^a   Dauler, Eric ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; DETECTORS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LITHIUM NIOBATE; OPTICAL RADAR; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTODIODES; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; QUANTUM OPTICS; QUENCHING; RELIABILITY; SILICON; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

GIEGER MODE; LITHIUM NIOBATE PARAMETRIC DOWNCONVERTERS; PHOTON COUNTING DETECTORS; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION (QKD) PROTOCOLS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 3142552700     PISSN: 09500340     EISSN: 13623044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500340408235282     Document Type: Article

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