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Silicon photonic entangled photon-pair and heralded single photon generation with CAR > 12,000 and g^(2)(0) < 0006
- Award ID(s):
- 1640968
- PAR ID:
- 10048441
- Publisher / Repository:
- Optical Society of America
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Optics Express
- Volume:
- 25
- Issue:
- 26
- ISSN:
- 1094-4087; OPEXFF
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- Article No. 32995
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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