Correlated and entangled photon pairs are essential tools in quantum optics. Scientists usually create these photon pairs through a process called spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC), in which a powerful, highly stable laser shines into a nonlinear crystal. Because SPDC depends so heavily on coherent laser light, researchers have long considered the technique impractical outside carefully controlled laboratory environments.
More recently, studies hav...

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