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Optical Fractional Fourier Transform in the time-frequency domain based on quantum-memory

Bartosz Niewelt, Marcin Jastrzębski, Stanisław Kurzyna, Jan Nowosielski, Wojciech Wasilewski, Mateusz Mazelanik, Michal P. Parniak

Published Jan 1, 2024• 0 citations
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Abstract

Operations in the time-frequency domain of light are widely used in communication. Transformations such as fractional Fourier transform are indispensable tool for noise reduction. We present a protocol for quantum memories to perform this operation.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_at.2024.jw2a.113

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