Tunable entangled photon-pair generation in a liquid crystal.
Journal
Nature
ISSN: 1476-4687
Titre abrégé: Nature
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0410462
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
12 Jun 2024
12 Jun 2024
Historique:
received:
30
01
2024
accepted:
09
05
2024
medline:
13
6
2024
pubmed:
13
6
2024
entrez:
12
6
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Liquid crystals, with their ability to self-assemble, strong response to an electric field and integrability into complex systems, are key materials in light-beam manipulation
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pubmed: 38867054
doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-07543-5
pii: 10.1038/s41586-024-07543-5
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Journal Article
Langues
eng
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Informations de copyright
© 2024. The Author(s).
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