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Frontiers in Optics

Manipulation of photonic quantum states: from generation, engineering, and characterization to storage and retrieval

Bin Fang

Published Jan 1, 2018• 1 citation
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Abstract

We present our work on various critical aspects of manipulation of photonic quantum states, including the generation of entangled states, engineering of the spectral correlations of photon-pairs, characterization of quantum states and ultra-broadband storage.
DOI
10.1364/ls.2018.lm1c.4

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