Temporal multimode storage of entangled photon pairs

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Temporal multimode storage of entangled photon pairs. / Tiranov, Alexey; Strassmann, Peter C.; Lavoie, Jonathan; Brunner, Nicolas; Huber, Marcus; Verma, Varun B.; Nam, Sae Woo; Mirin, Richard P.; Lita, Adriana E.; Marsili, Francesco; Afzelius, Mikael; Bussières, Félix; Gisin, Nicolas.

In: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 117, 240506, 24.06.2016.

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Tiranov, A, Strassmann, PC, Lavoie, J, Brunner, N, Huber, M, Verma, VB, Nam, SW, Mirin, RP, Lita, AE, Marsili, F, Afzelius, M, Bussières, F & Gisin, N 2016, 'Temporal multimode storage of entangled photon pairs', Physical Review Letters, vol. 117, 240506. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.240506

APA

Tiranov, A., Strassmann, P. C., Lavoie, J., Brunner, N., Huber, M., Verma, V. B., Nam, S. W., Mirin, R. P., Lita, A. E., Marsili, F., Afzelius, M., Bussières, F., & Gisin, N. (2016). Temporal multimode storage of entangled photon pairs. Physical Review Letters, 117, [240506]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.240506

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Tiranov A, Strassmann PC, Lavoie J, Brunner N, Huber M, Verma VB et al. Temporal multimode storage of entangled photon pairs. Physical Review Letters. 2016 Jun 24;117. 240506. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.240506

Author

Tiranov, Alexey ; Strassmann, Peter C. ; Lavoie, Jonathan ; Brunner, Nicolas ; Huber, Marcus ; Verma, Varun B. ; Nam, Sae Woo ; Mirin, Richard P. ; Lita, Adriana E. ; Marsili, Francesco ; Afzelius, Mikael ; Bussières, Félix ; Gisin, Nicolas. / Temporal multimode storage of entangled photon pairs. In: Physical Review Letters. 2016 ; Vol. 117.

Bibtex

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