Compact sources of polarization-entangled photons

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 20149-20156

  Fiorentino, Marco ^a   Beausoleil, Raymond G ^a  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTONS; POLARIZATION;

ALIGNMENT-FREE; COMPACT SOURCES; DISPLACERS; ENTANGLED PHOTON PAIRS; HIGH QUALITY; POLARIZATION ENTANGLED STATE; POLARIZATION-ENTANGLED PHOTONS;

QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT;

EID: 56749177808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.020149     Document Type: Article

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