Amplification of polarization NOON states

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 892-901

  Vitelli, Chiara ^a   Spagnolo, Nicolò ^a   Sciarrino, Fabio ^a   Martini, Francesco De ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^b ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DEI LINCEI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; PHOTONS; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM THEORY;

NONCOLLINEAR; NOON STATE; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION; OUTPUT STATE; PHOTON STATE; QUANTUM STATE; TWO PHOTON STATE;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 67649252395     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.000892     Document Type: Article

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