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Title: 10Gb/s Entanglement Assisted Communication over Free-Space Optical Link with Phase Conjugation on Idler Photons and Improvements from Adaptive Optics
We demonstrate record 10 Gb/s entanglement assisted communication over 1.5 km long turbulent free-space optical link in which optical phase-conjugation is performed on bright idler photons. To further improve the system performance adaptive optics is used.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2244365
PAR ID:
10537387
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Optica Publishing Group
Date Published:
ISBN:
978-1-957171-39-5
Page Range / eLocation ID:
STh3Q.5
Format(s):
Medium: X
Location:
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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