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Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences Physics

Transformation of single-photon wave packets in quantum storage with a tunable cavity

А. А. Калачев

Published Jul 1, 2010• 0 citations
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Abstract

Optimal conditions for transformation of the waveform of single photons generated via cavity-enhanced spontaneous parametric down-conversion by means of optical quantum storage, in which an extended resonant medium in a tunable cavity is used as information carrier, are determined.
DOI
10.3103/s1062873810070130

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