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Frontiers in Optics

Spectral manipulation of telecom single photons by aperiodic electro-optic time-lensing system

Filip Sośnicki, Michał Mikołajczyk, Ali Golestani, Michał Karpiński

Published Jan 1, 2019• 0 citations
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Abstract

We experimentally show an optically-driven, electro-optic time lens employing a photodiode as an electronic signal source. We combine two of those achieving a stable time-lensing system, used for spectral manipulation of telecom single photons.
DOI
10.1364/ls.2019.lm5d.5

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