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Entanglement gets scaled up in an optical frequency comb

Johanna L. Miller

Published Sep 1, 2011• 2 citations
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Abstract

Using a single nonlinear optical element, researchers have entangled dozens of the comb’s optical modes.
DOI
10.1063/pt.3.1243

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