A novel method for polarization squeezing with Photonic Crystal Fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1521-1527

  Milanović, Josip ^a,b   Lassen, Mikael ^a,c   Andersen, Ulrik L ^a,c   Leuchs, Gerd ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF LIGHT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBERS; LASER PULSES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; POLARIZATION;

COUNTERPROPAGATING; DISPERSION PROPERTIES; EXCESS NOISE; FIBER AXIS; KERR NONLINEARITY; NOVEL METHODS; POLARIZATION SQUEEZING; POLARIZATION-SQUEEZED STATE; SAGNAC INTERFEROMETER; SILICON FIBERS; SQUEEZED STATE; STANDARD FIBERS; STOKES PARAMETERS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTON; REFRACTOMETRY;

CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL DEVICES; PHOTONS; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 75249090306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.001521     Document Type: Article

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