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International Conference on Quantum Information

Towards highly entangled two photon states: observation of ultra-broadband parameteric downconversion

Kevin A. O’Donnell, Alfred B. U’Ren

Published Jan 1, 2007• 0 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrate a parametric downconversion source with an exceptionally large bandwidth (1080nm full-width half-maximum about the 1885nm degenerate wavelength), as a step towards the generation of photon pairs with high dimensional entanglement.
DOI
10.1364/icqi.2007.ithh6

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