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Measurement of Cross-Kerr Nonlinearity Induced by a Few Photons in a Photonic Crystal Fiber

Nobuyuki Matsuda, Ryōsuke Shimizu, Yasuyoshi Mitsumori, Hideo Kosaka, Keiichi Edamatsu

Published Jan 1, 2007• 0 citations

Abstract

Utilization of weak cross-Kerr interaction will be a key to the photonic quantum information processing. We propose a novel technique to measure tiny cross-Kerr phase shifts and demonstrate it using a photonic crystal fiber.

DOI: 10.1364/cqo.2007.cmi16

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