A michelson controlled-not gate with a single-lens astigmatic mode converter

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 9207-9212

  Souza, C E R ^a   Khoury, A Z ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; LENSES; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

ASTIGMATIC MODE CONVERTERS; CONTROLLED-NOT GATES; FIRST ORDER; MEASUREMENT DEVICE; MICHELSON; OPTICAL BEAMS; PARAXIAL; PHOTON POLARIZATION; QUANTUM-INFORMATION PROCESSING; SINGLE-LENS DESIGN; TRANSVERSE MODE;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 77952040699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.009207     Document Type: Article

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