A broadband high spectral brightness fiber-based two-photon source

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2915-2920

  Fan, J ^a   Migdall, A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONS; POLARIZATION; RAMAN SCATTERING; SILICA; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

PHOTON LIGHT; PHOTON SOURCES; QUANTUM INFORMATION;

LIGHT SOURCES;

EID: 33947498210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.002915     Document Type: Article

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