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Description of a photon Bell state source and its use with an optical quantum phase gate

Marco Genovese, G. Brida, Carlo Novero, E. Predazzi

Published Jan 1, 2001• 0 citations
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Abstract

We describe a Bell state source based on two type I PDC crystals, which will be used for experiments on quantum communication and in particular in connection with a quantum phase gate based on Bose Einstein condensate.
DOI
10.1364/icqi.2001.pa14

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