On-chip quantum interference between silicon photon-pair sources

Nature Photonics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 104-108

  Silverstone, J W ^a   Bonneau, D ^a   Ohira, K ^b   Suzuki, N ^b   Yoshida, H ^b   Iizuka, N ^b   Ezaki, M ^b   Natarajan, C M ^c   Tanner, M G ^d   Hadfield, R H ^d   Zwiller, V ^e   Marshall, G D ^a   Rarity, J G ^d   O'brien, J L ^a   Thompson, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84895063973     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2013.339     Document Type: Article

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