Compensating for beamsplitter asymmetries in quantum interference experiments

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 350-353

  Liang, J ^a   Pittman, T B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICES;

BEAMSPLITTERS; POLARIZATION STATE; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE;

VISIBILITY;

EID: 76649130496     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.000350     Document Type: Article

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