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Quantum Information and Measurement (QIM)

Quantum state engineering of light with cavities and quantum memories

Martin Bouillard, Guillaume Boucher, Bhaskar Kanseri, Rosa Tualle-Brouri

Published Jan 1, 2017• 0 citations
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Abstract

We are implementing optical cavities to produce a pulsed single photon generator with a high repetition rate. The produced photon will be later stored in a cavity by using its polarization.
DOI
10.1364/qim.2017.qt5b.4

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