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Two-color hyper-entangled photon pairs generation in a cold ^85Rb atomic ensemble

Ming‐Xin Dong, Wei Zhang, Shuai Shi, Kai Wang, Zhi‐Yuan Zhou, Shi-Long Liu, Dong-Sheng Ding, Bao‐Sen Shi

Published Apr 25, 2017• 16 citations
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Abstract

Rb atomic ensemble. The photons in each pair generated are entangled in both the time-frequency and polarization degrees of freedom. Such hyper-entangled photon pairs with special wavelength have potential applications in high-dimensional quantum communication and quantum physics.
DOI
10.1364/oe.25.010145

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