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Frontiers in Optics

Engineering a Factorable Photon Pair Source

Kevin Zielnicki, Paul G. Kwiat

Published Jan 1, 2013• 0 citations
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Abstract

Spontaneous parametric downconversion is an important process for providing pairs of photons for quantum optics. We discuss a scheme for eliminating undesired inter-photon correlations inherent in this process, and several methods of characterizing these correlations [1].
DOI
10.1364/fio.2013.fw4c.3

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