Frontiers in Optics

Quantum Optical Measurements with Classical Nonlinear Optics

John E. Sipe, Marco Liscidini

Published Jan 1, 2015• 0 citations

Abstract

The quantum-correlated photon pairs that would be generated by a nonlinear optical device, were it operated in the quantum regime, can be characterized by nonlinear optical experiments done on the device in the classical regime.

DOI: 10.1364/fio.2015.ftu3a.2

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