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Imaging and Applied Optics

Imaging quantum correlations with a single-photon detector array

Megan Agnew, R. J. Warburton, István Gyöngy, Neale A. W. Dutton, Robert Henderson, Daniele Faccio, Jonathan Leach

Published Jan 1, 2016• 1 citation
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Abstract

We image quantum correlations arising from parametric downconversion with a single-photon sensitive detector array. This opens up a number of possibilities in quantum science, including demonstrations of the EPR paradox without background subtraction.
DOI
10.1364/isa.2016.it4e.4

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