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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Modulation technique for improving temporal resolution in biphoton coincidence measurements

Ogaga D. Odele, Joseph M. Lukens, Daniel E. Leaird, Andrew M. Weiner

Published Jan 1, 2016• 0 citations
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Abstract

We propose and demonstrate a new method for temporal characterization of entangled photons based on electro-optic modulation and time shifting. Our technique reduces the resolution limits induced by the large timing jitters in single-photon detectors.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_qels.2016.ftu4c.5

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