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Photonics Research, Volume. 11, Issue 11, 1820(2023)

Do different kinds of photon-pair sources have the same indistinguishability in quantum silicon photonics?

Jong-Moo Lee^1、*, Alessio Baldazzi², Matteo Sanna², Stefano Azzini², Joon Tae Ahn¹, Myung-Lae Lee¹, Youngik Sohn³, and Lorenzo Pavesi²

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¹Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), Daejeon 34129, Republic of Korea

²Department of Physics, University of Trento, 38123 Trento, Italy

³Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea

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Jong-Moo Lee, Alessio Baldazzi, Matteo Sanna, Stefano Azzini, Joon Tae Ahn, Myung-Lae Lee, Youngik Sohn, Lorenzo Pavesi. Do different kinds of photon-pair sources have the same indistinguishability in quantum silicon photonics?[J]. Photonics Research, 2023, 11(11): 1820

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Category: Silicon Photonics

Received: Mar. 16, 2023

Accepted: Aug. 18, 2023

Published Online: Oct. 13, 2023

The Author Email: Jong-Moo Lee (jongmool@etri.re.kr)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.489869

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