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Photonic entanglement engineering for quantum network applications

Florian Kaiser, Amandine Issautier, Lutfi Arif Ngah, Olivier Alibart, Anthony Martin, Sébastien Tanzilli

Published May 30, 2013• 0 citations
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Abstract

We show how photonic entanglement can be suitably engineered on the polarization observable, opening the route towards quantum network applications.

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