• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 19, Issue 5, 052702 (2021)
Mingyi Ma, Liang Cui, and Xiaoying Li*
Author Affiliations
  • College of Precision Instrument and Opto-Electronics Engineering, Key Laboratory of Opto-Electronics Information Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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    Mingyi Ma, Liang Cui, Xiaoying Li. Engineering the spectral profile of photon pairs by using multi-stage nonlinear interferometers[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2021, 19(5): 052702 Copy Citation Text show less
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    Data from CrossRef

    [1] Pengyu Gao, Mingyi Ma, Liang Cui, Xiaoying Li. Polarization Entangled Photon Pairs with Factorable Spectra Engineered by Un-even Three-stage Nonlinear Interferometers. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, FTh1O.6(2021).

    [2] Xiaoying Li. Engineering quantum states by fiber-based SU(1,1) nonlinear interferometers. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, STh2G.2(2021).

    Mingyi Ma, Liang Cui, Xiaoying Li. Engineering the spectral profile of photon pairs by using multi-stage nonlinear interferometers[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2021, 19(5): 052702
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