Effect of dispersion on indistinguishability between single-photon wave-packets

Yun-Ru Fan; Chen-Zhi Yuan; Rui-Ming Zhang; Si Shen; Peng Wu; He-Qing Wang; Hao Li; Guang-Wei Deng; Hai-Zhi Song; Li-Xing You; Zhen Wang; You Wang; Guang-Can Guo; Qiang Zhou

doi:10.1364/PRJ.421180

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