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IEEE Photonics Conference

New results in quantum nonlinear optics

Megan Agnew, Eliot Bolduc, Robert W. Boyd, Allan S. Johnson, Jonathan Leach, Omar S. Magaña‐Loaiza, Mehul Malik, Mohammad Mirhosseini, Malcolm N. O’Sullivan, Jeff Z. Salvail, Zhimin Shi

Published Sep 1, 2012• 1 citation
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Abstract

The methods of nonlinear optics lead to important capabilities within the field of quantum information science. Applications such as high-capacity quantum key distribution and enhanced measurement sensitivity are described.
DOI
10.1109/ipcon.2012.6358696

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