Do different kinds of photon-pair sources have the same indistinguishability in quantum silicon photonics?

Jong-Moo Lee; Alessio Baldazzi; Matteo Sanna; Stefano Azzini; Joon Tae Ahn; Myung-Lae Lee; Youngik Sohn; Lorenzo Pavesi

doi:10.1364/PRJ.489869

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