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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Two-Photon Joint Temporal Density Measurements via Ultrafast Single-Photon Upconversion

Onur Kuzucu, Franco N. C. Wong, Sunao Kurimura, S. V. Tovstonog

Published Jan 1, 2009• 1 citation
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Abstract

We have developed the technique of two-photon joint temporal density measurements for temporal state characterization, thus facilitating two-photon generation with high temporal entanglement or nearly factorizable outputs by controlling the ultrafast pump bandwidth.
DOI
10.1364/iqec.2009.ithj6

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