Heralded quantum entanglement between two crystals

Nature Photonics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 234-237

  Usmani, Imam ^a   Clausen, Christoph ^a   Bussières, Félix ^a   Sangouard, Nicolas ^a   Afzelius, Mikael ^a   Gisin, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84859371671     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2012.34     Document Type: Article

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