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International Conference on Optical Internet

Photon pair sources for quantum information networks and remote sensing systems

Jae‐Ho Han

Published Aug 1, 2014• 0 citations
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Abstract

Photon entanglement has revolutionized the implementation of quantum information, a hybrid configuration of quantum mechanics and information theory. In this talk, as one of the key enabling optical components, the development and features of the photon pairs for advances in quantum communication networks and sensing systems will be mainly covered.

DOI
10.1109/coin.2014.6950554

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