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Integrated optics provides a platform for the experimental implementation of highly complex and compact circuits for practical applications as well as for advances in the fundamental science of quantum optics. The lithium niobate (LN)…

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Diamond photonics has enabled efficient interfaces for quantum memories and is predicted to be a critical component of quantum networks. However, scalable network architectures require spatial, temporal, and spectral control of photons,…

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We propose to integrate the electro-optic tuning function into polarization-entangled photon pair generation process in a periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN). Due to the versatility of PPLN, both the spontaneously parametric down…

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