Synchronized fiber lasers for efficient coincidence single-photon frequency upconversion

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 562-566

  Huang, Kun ^a   Gu, Xiaorong ^a   Pan, Haifeng ^a   Wu, E ^a   Zeng, Heping ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Frequency upconversion; lasers; nonlinear optics; quantum detectors; single photon detection

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY UP-CONVERSION; LASER SYSTEMS; LONG TERM STABILITY; LOW BACKGROUND; QUANTUM DETECTORS; ROBUST SYNCHRONIZATION; SIGNAL PULSE; SINGLE PHOTON DETECTION; SYNCHRONIZED PULSE;

ADSORBATES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FIBER LASERS; LASERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PARTICLE BEAMS;

SYNCHRONIZATION;

EID: 84858440629     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2010.2102005     Document Type: Article

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