Generation of non-classical correlated photon pairs via a ladder-type atomic configuration: Theory and experiment

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 11433-11444

  Ding, Dong Sheng ^a   Zhou, Zhi Yuan ^a   Shi, Bao Sen ^a   Zou, Xu Bo ^a   Guo, Guang Can ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RUBIDIUM; VAPORS;

ATOMIC CONFIGURATION; ATOMIC VAPOR; CAUCHY-SCHWARZ INEQUALITY; CORRELATED PHOTON PAIRS; DETUNINGS; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; PHOTON PAIRS; PRODUCTION RATES; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; TWO PHOTON; TWO-COLOR;

PHOTONS;

RUBIDIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; PHOTON; PHYSICS; QUANTUM THEORY;

ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHOTONS; PHYSICS; QUANTUM THEORY; RUBIDIUM;

EID: 84861156417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.011433     Document Type: Article

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