Quantum transduction via frequency upconversion (invited)

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 295-299

  VanDevender, Aaron P ^a   Kwiat, Paul G ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; HILBERT SPACES; LASER PULSES; PHOTONS;

ARBITRARY SUPERPOSITIONS; NONLINEAR UPCONVERSION; PERIODICALLY POLED LITHIUM NIOBATE (PPLN) CRYSTAL;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 33947266403     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.000295     Document Type: Article

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