Narrowband polarization-entangled photon pairs distributed over a WDM link for qubit networks

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 6926-6933

  Sauge, S ^a   Swillo, M ^a   Albert Seifried, S ^a   Xavier, G B ^a,b   Waldeback J ^a   Tengner, M ^a   Ljunggren, D ^a   Karlsson, A ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KTH   (Sweden)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PHASE MATCHING; WAVELENGTH; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

PHOTON DETECTORS; QUANTUM COMMUNICATION; SIGNAL GATING; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXERS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 34249730595     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.006926     Document Type: Article

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