Submegahertz spectral width photon pair source based on fused silica microspheres

Erasto Ortiz-Ricardo; Cesar Bertoni-Ocampo; Mónica Maldonado-Terrón; Arturo Garcia Zurita; Roberto Ramirez-Alarcon; Hector Cruz Ramirez; R. Castro-Beltrán; Alfred B. U’Ren

doi:10.1364/PRJ.435521

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