Integrated spatial multiplexing of heralded single-photon sources

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Collins, M J ^a   Xiong, C ^a   Rey, I H ^b   Vo, T D ^a,c   He, J ^a   Shahnia, S ^a   Reardon, C ^d   Krauss, T F ^b,d   Steel, M J ^e   Clark, A S ^a   Eggleton, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBER; LANTHANUM; SILICON;

ELECTRON; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUARANTINE; SILICON; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ARTICLE; DEVICES; DUAL INPUT WAVEGUIDE DEVICE; OPTICS; PHOTON; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SCALE UP; SINGLE INPUT WAVEGUIDE DEVICE; TELECOMMUNICATION; VELOCITY;

EID: 84887806607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3582     Document Type: Article

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