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Two-photon based semiconductor entanglement-source for quantum communications

Alex Hayat, Pavel Ginzburg, Meir Orenstein

Published May 1, 2007• 0 citations
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Abstract

We propose a compact efficient room-temperature polarization-entangled photons source based on two-photon spontaneous emission from semiconductor quantum wells in a microcavity. Pair generation rate in GaInP/AlGaInP is O(103) higher than for PDC sources.
DOI
10.1109/qels.2007.4431253

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