On-chip generation of hybrid polarization-frequency entangled biphoton states

S. Francesconi; A. Raymond; R. Duhamel; P. Filloux; A. Lemaître; P. Milman; M. I. Amanti; F. Baboux; S. Ducci

doi:10.1364/PRJ.459879

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