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Research in Optical Sciences

Splitting a Single Photon via Spontaneous Four-Wave Mixing in Optical Fibers

Audrey Dot, Evan Meyer-Scott, Thomas D. Jennewein

Published Jan 1, 2014• 0 citations
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Abstract

Converting a single photon into a pair has applications in quantum optics and quantum computing. We model such a conversion via four-wave mixing, and investigate the potential of different optical media in theory and experiment.
DOI
10.1364/hilas.2014.jw2a.53

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