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Single-pass femtosecond parametric process towards continuous variables quantum networks

Tiphaine Kouadou, Francesca Sansavini, Matthieu Ansquer, Johan Henaff, Nicolas Treps, Valentina Parigi

Published Jan 1, 2023• 0 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrate the generation of 21 squeezed spectral modes at 156 MHz, combining frequency- and time- multiplexing in multimode squeezing. This paves the way to the implementation of scalable and fully reconfigurable multipartite entangled states.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_fs.2023.fm4a.2

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