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Ferroelectric Crystals for Photonic Applications pp 285–311Cite as

Domain-Engineered Ferroelectric Crystals for Nonlinear and Quantum Optics

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This chapter reviews some experimental applications of non-linear optical processes occurring in periodically-poled ferroelectric crystals. Namely, we report both on spectroscopy/metrology in the mid IR and quantum light generation/detection in the visible/near IR.

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Bellini, M. et al. (2014). Domain-Engineered Ferroelectric Crystals for Nonlinear and Quantum Optics. In: Ferraro, P., Grilli, S., De Natale, P. (eds) Ferroelectric Crystals for Photonic Applications. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 91. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41086-4_11

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