Generation of polarization squeezing with periodically poled KTP at 1064 nm

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 5077-5082

  Lassen, Mikael ^a   Sabuncu, Metin ^a,b   Buchhave, Preben ^a   Andersen, Ulrik L ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTALS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIER (OPA); POLARIZATION SQUEEZING; STOKES PARAMETER SQUEEZING;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 34247281104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.005077     Document Type: Article

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