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Frontiers in Optics

Four-Photon Polarization-Entangled States with Minimal Spectral and Spatial Entanglement

J. Schaake, Warren P. Grice, Duncan Earl

Published Jan 1, 2012• 0 citations
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Abstract

We present a scheme for the direct generation of four-photon states using photon pairs having minimal spectral and spatial entanglement. The method does not require polarization-entangled pairs, and can be generalized to larger states.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2012.fth1c.5

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