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Nonlinear Optics

Generation of ultra-short wavelength two-photon NOON state for high precision quantum metrology

Zhi‐Yuan Zhou, Shi-Long Liu, Bao‐Sen Shi

Published Jan 1, 2017• 0 citations
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Abstract

525-nm two-photon NOON-state is generated by quantum frequency up-conversion of 1547-nm photon pairs. The up-converted two photons are highly indistinguishable with nearly perfect Hong-Ou-Mandel-interference and two-photon visibility high enough to beat the standard quantum limit.
DOI
10.1364/nlo.2017.nf1a.3

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