An efficient integrated two-color source for heralded single photons

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 15, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Krapick, S ^a   Herrmann, H ^a   Quiring, V ^a   Brecht, B ^a   Suche, H ^a   Silberhorn, Ch ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERALDED SINGLE PHOTONS; PARAMETRIC DOWNCONVERSION; QUANTUM NETWORKING; SECOND-ORDER CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; SINGLE PHOTON GENERATION; SPATIAL SEPARATION; TELECOM WAVELENGTHS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION;

PHOTONS; PUMPS;

OPTICAL PUMPING;

EID: 84875439408     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/15/3/033010     Document Type: Article

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