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Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 4, 837(2025)

Multi-channel Hong–Ou–Mandle interference between independent comb-based weak coherent pulses

Long Huang1,2、†, Linhan Tang1,2、†, Yang Wang1,2, Minhui Cheng1,2, B. E. Little1, Sai T. Chu3, Wei Zhao1,2, Weiqiang Wang4,5, and Wenfu Zhang1,2、*
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  • 1State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an 710119, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3Department of Physics, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China
  • 4School of Electronic Information and Artificial Intelligence, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710021, China
  • 5e-mail: wangwqopt@163.com
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    Long Huang, Linhan Tang, Yang Wang, Minhui Cheng, B. E. Little, Sai T. Chu, Wei Zhao, Weiqiang Wang, Wenfu Zhang, "Multi-channel Hong–Ou–Mandle interference between independent comb-based weak coherent pulses," Photonics Res. 13, 837 (2025)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Integrated Optics

    Received: Oct. 22, 2024

    Accepted: Jan. 6, 2025

    Published Online: Mar. 10, 2025

    The Author Email: Wenfu Zhang (wfuzhang@opt.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.544681

    CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.544681

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