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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Tailored generation, manipulation, and application of photonic temporal modes

Benjamin Brecht, Jano Gil-López, Markus Allgaier, Vahid Ansari, John M. Donohue, Christine Silberhorn

Published Jan 1, 2019• 0 citations
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Abstract

Pulsed temporal modes form a high-dimensional basis for quantum information applications. By controlling these modes, we can tailor quantum states and measurements for applications such as quantum state tomography or quantum metrology.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_at.2019.jtu3a.1

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