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The Geometry of Musical Chords: A B C D
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Department of Physics, MIT–Harvard Center for Ultracold
more practical Equantum cryptography (2) and emerging that demand large pair-generation rates Atoms, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts
quantum computation (3)^. A key parameter de- into the narrow bandwidths (5 MHz) suitable for Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cam-
bridge, MA 02139, USA. 2Department of Physics, MIT–
termining the usefulness of a particular source is its strong interaction of the photons with atoms and Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms, Harvard University, 17
brightness, i.e., how many photon pairs per second molecules (2, 4–7). Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
are generated into a particular electromagnetic We report the development of a source of *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
mode and frequency bandwidth. Parametric down- photon pairs with spectral brightness near fun- jkthomps@mit.edu
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