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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Spatiotemporal quantum parametric mode sorter

Santosh Kumar, Malvika Garikapati, He Zhang, Yong Meng Sua, Yu‐Ping Huang

Published Jan 1, 2022• 0 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrate a spatio-temporal quantum parametric mode sorter that can achieve high extinction by selectively upconverting the signal modes with an optimized pump. This could serve as a viable resource for photon-efficient quantum communication and computation.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_qels.2022.ff2i.4

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