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

Demonstration of the Quantum Response to Loss with Ultra-Broadband Bi-Photons Interference

Yaakov Shaked, Avi Pe’er

Published Jan 1, 2013• 0 citations
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Abstract

By using an ultra-broad (100THz) bi-photon source and a pairwise interferometer, we measure the bi-photons spectral phase and amplitude, and demonstrate the quantum dependence of the interference contrast on internal loss.
DOI
10.1364/cqo.2013.m6.14

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