Quantum state tomography of a fiber-based source of polarization-entangled photon pairs

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 26, 2007, Pages 18339-18344

  Fan, J ^a   Eisaman, M D ^b   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

BANDWIDTH; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PHASE MATCHING; PHOTONS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

BELL STATES; FIDELITIES; QUANTUM STATE TOMOGRAPHY; SINGLE-MODE-OPTICAL-FIBERS;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; QUANTUM THEORY; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LIGHTING; QUANTUM THEORY; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL;

EID: 37549044729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.018339     Document Type: Article

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