Three-photon bosonic coalescence in an integrated tritter

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Spagnolo, Nicolò ^a   Vitelli, Chiara ^a,b   Aparo, Lorenzo ^a   Mataloni, Paolo ^a   Sciarrino, Fabio ^a   Crespi, Andrea ^c,d   Ramponi, Roberta ^c,d   Osellame, Roberto ^c,d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c IFN CNR   (Italy)

^d POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHOTON; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SIMULATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THREE PHOTON BOSONIC COALESCENCE;

EID: 84875892858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2616     Document Type: Article

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