• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 10, Issue 2, 389 (2022)
Yunning Lu1、2, Zeyang Liao1、3、*, Fu-Li Li2, and Xue-Hua Wang1、4、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Physics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
  • 2Shaanxi Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Information and Quantum Optoelectronic Devices, School of Physics, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
  • 3e-mail: liaozy7@mail.sysu.edu.cn
  • 4e-mail: wangxueh@mail.sysu.edu.cn
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    Yunning Lu, Zeyang Liao, Fu-Li Li, Xue-Hua Wang. Integrable high-efficiency generation of three-photon entangled states by a single incident photon[J]. Photonics Research, 2022, 10(2): 389
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