KTP crystal (IMAGE)

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KTP crystal

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The researchers used periodic poling of the KTP crystal (shown here) to create the entangled photons. This allows the setup to be adapted to many other applications or wavelengths.

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Carsten Pitsch, Fraunhofer IOSB

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