Quantum frequency conversion of quantum memory compatible photons to telecommunication wavelengths

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 19473-19487

  Fernandez Gonzalvo, Xavier ^a,b   Corrielli, Giacomo ^a,c   Albrecht, Boris ^a   Grimau, Marcel Li ^a,d   Cristiani, Matteo ^a   De Riedmatten, Hugues ^a,e  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC QUANTUM MEMORY; NONLINEAR WAVEGUIDES; PHOTON NUMBERS; QUANTUM REGIMES; SINGLE-PHOTON LEVEL; SPECTRAL BANDWIDTH; TELECOMMUNICATION WAVELENGTHS; WEAK COHERENT STATE;

LIGHT; PHOTONS; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; WAVEGUIDES;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84883217322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.019473     Document Type: Article

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