Quantum states of light produced by a high-gain optical parametric amplifier for use in quantum lithography

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 270-274

  Agarwal, Girish S ^a   Chan, Kam Wai ^b   Boyd, Robert W ^b   Cable, Hugo ^c   Dowling, Jonathan P ^c,d  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LITHOGRAPHY; PHOTONS;

HIGH-GAIN OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIER; QUANTUM LITHOGRAPHY; TWO-PHOTON ABSORBER;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 33947231064     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.000270     Document Type: Article

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