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Generation of GHZ States with Time-bin Qubits

Samantha I. Davis, Chang Li, Rahaf Youssef, Raju Valivarthi, M. Spiropulu

Published Jan 1, 2023• 0 citations
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We report our progress towards the first experimental d emonstration of three photon time-bin GHZ entangled states. We also develop a theoretical model based on phase-space techniques to support the experimental results.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_fs.2023.fm2l.3

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