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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Engineering quantum states by fiber-based SU(1,1) nonlinear interferometers

Xiaoying Li

Published Jan 1, 2021• 0 citations
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Abstract

Modes of photons play essential roles in interference. Using the fiber-based nonlinear interferometry that separates the nonlinear gain control from dispersion engineering, we show a new approach of modifying the mode structure of quantum state.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_si.2021.sth2g.2

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