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Frontiers in Optics

Photon Temporal Modes as a Complete Framework for Quantum Information

M. G. Raymer, Benjamin Brecht, Dileep V. Reddy, Christine Silberhorn

Published Jan 1, 2015• 1 citation
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Abstract

We propose a quantum information framework that employs field-orthogonality of single-photon temporal modes. The three requirements–generation of resource states, the targeted and efficient manipulation of TMs, and their detection and characterization–can be fulfilled with current technology.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2015.fw3d.2

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