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Frontiers in Optics

Harnessing spectral phase in broadband time-energy entangled photons for precision delay sensing

Suparna Seshadri, Poolad Imany, Navin B. Lingaraju, Daniel E. Leaird, Andrew M. Weiner

Published Jan 1, 2020• 2 citations
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Abstract

A scheme to measure temporal delay between two optical paths using a high-dimensional biphoton frequency comb is proposed. Interference of frequency bins via electro-optic phase modulation provides picosecond-scale sensitivity to delay detuning.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2020.fw7c.1

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