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Imaging and Applied Optics

Adaptive Optics Control of the Propagation of Biphoton Wavepacket

Mattia Minozzi, Stefano Bonora, Alexander V. Sergienko, Giuseppe Vallone, Paolo Villoresi

Published Jan 1, 2013• 1 citation
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Abstract

Entangled photon pairs are generated with optimal pump wavefront to achieve a desirable free-space propagation. The optimization exploits a closed loop including a deformable mirror, the nonlinear crystal, the propagation line and the single-photon coincidences.
DOI
10.1364/aopt.2013.ow3a.6

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