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Generation of photon pairs with engineered spectral properties by spontaneous four-wave mixing

Alfred B. U’Ren, Karina Garay-Palmett, R. Rangel-Rojo, Rodger Evans, Santiago Camacho-López

Published Jan 1, 2007• 0 citations
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Abstract

We study the generation of photon pairs by spontaneous four-wave mixing in microstructured optical fibers. We show that it is possible to engineer states with specific spectral entanglement properties suitable for quantum information processing applications.
DOI
10.1364/cqo.2007.cmi47

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