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Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference

Fiber solitons-quantum interferometry and entanglement

Gerd Leuchs, Christine Silberhorn, O. Glöckl, Christoph Marquardt, Natalia Korolkova

Published Jun 25, 2003• 0 citations
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Summary form only given. The study of quantum properties of soliton pulses in fibers spans the full range from basic research to applications. New developments in high precision quantum interferometry and quantum communications will be reported as well as novel aspects of the range limit due to losses.
DOI
10.1109/qels.2002.1031386

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