Quantum nonlinear optics — photon by photon
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Quantum nonlinear optics — photon by photon
685 Photons traveling through a vacuum do not interact with each other. This linearity in light propagation, in combination with the high frequency and hence large bandwidth provided by waves at optical frequencies, has made optical signals the preferred method for communicating information over long distances. In contrast, the processing of information requires some form of interaction between...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Photonics
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1749-4885,1749-4893
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2014.192