Multilevel quantization of optical phase in a novel coherent parametric mixer architecture

Nature Photonics

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 748-752

  Kakande, Joseph ^a   Slavík, Radan ^a   Parmigiani, Francesca ^a   Bogris, Adonis ^b,c   Syvridis, Dimitris ^c   Grüner Nielsen, Lars ^d   Phelan, Richard ^e   Petropoulos, Periklis ^a   Richardson, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d OFS   (Denmark)

^e Unit 32 Trinity Technology and Enterprise Campus   (Ireland)

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EID: 82455171832     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2011.254     Document Type: Article

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