Triple photons: a challenge in nonlinear and quantum optics

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 206-220

  Bencheikh, Kamel ^a   Gravier, Fabien ^a   Douady, Julien ^a   Levenson, Ariel ^a   Boulanger, Benoît ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cubic nonlinear optics; GHZ; Nonclassical states of light; Nonlinear crystals; Parametric fluorescence; Parametric frequency conversion; Quantum correlations; Quantum optics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847735791     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2006.07.014     Document Type: Short Survey

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