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Optics Communications

Frequency conversion and entanglement in V configuration atomic ensemble

Wei‐Bin Yan, Zhong-Ju Liu, Ling Zhou

Published Oct 15, 2009• 3 citations
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10.1016/j.optcom.2009.09.073

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