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High resolution OTDR based on up-conversion photon-counting module

We implement an OTDR with photon-counting modules at 1550nm based on sum frequency generation in a PPLN waveguide. The narrow temporal response of those detectors allows achieving a 2-points resolution of few centimetres.

Nicolas Gisin | Hugo Zbinden | Matthieu Legré | Robert Thew

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