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The Rochester Conferences on Coherence and Quantum Optics and the Quantum Information and Measurement meeting

Quantum Walks in Photonic Lattices: Tight Binding in a New Light

Yaron R. Silberberg

Published Jan 1, 2013• 0 citations
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Abstract

Photons propagate in periodic and disordered lattices with minimal decoherence and with great control of initial states, displaying a rich spectrum of new phenomena and throwing light on a number of condensed matter effects.
DOI
10.1364/cqo.2013.t2b.1

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