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IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings

Low-Loss High-Speed Fiber-Optic Switch for Quantum State Manipulation

Kim Fook Lee, Gregory S. Kanter

Published Jul 1, 2018• 2 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrate a fiber-based photonic switch that is fast (sub ns), low loss (1 dB), low noise, and operates in the 1550 nm band. The switch operation is characterized and potential applications are discussed.
DOI
10.1109/phosst.2018.8456773

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