Heralded single photon sources: A route towards quantum communication technology and photon standards

EPJ Applied Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 181-194

  Castelletto, S A ^a   Scholten, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY; QUANTUM THEORY;

PARAMETRIC DOWN-CONVERSION; QUANTUM COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY;

PHOTONS;

EID: 42149106792     PISSN: 12860042     EISSN: 12860050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/epjap:2008029     Document Type: Article

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