High-quality polarization entanglement state preparation and manipulation in standard telecommunication channels

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 14, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kaiser, F ^a   Issautier, A ^a   Ngah, L A ^a   Danila O ^a,b   Herrmann, H ^c   Sohler, W ^c   Martin, A ^a,d   Tanzilli, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION APPLICATION; HIGH QUALITY; POLARIZATION ENTANGLEMENT; STANDARD FIBERS; TEMPORAL WALK-OFF; TWO-PHOTON INTERFERENCE;

PHOTONS; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM COMMUNICATION;

QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT;

EID: 84865747555     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/14/8/085015     Document Type: Article

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