Characterization and stability measurement of deployed multicore fibers for quantum applications

Davide Bacco; Nicola Biagi; Ilaria Vagniluca; Tetsuya Hayashi; Antonio Mecozzi; Cristian Antonelli; Leif K. Oxenløwe; Alessandro Zavatta

doi:10.1364/PRJ.425890

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