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Surface spontaneous parametric down-conversion

Quantum Physics 2015-05-13 v2

Abstract

Surface spontaneous parametric down-conversion is predicted as a consequence of continuity requirements for electric- and magnetic-field amplitudes at a discontinuity of chi2 nonlinearity. A generalization of the usual two-photon spectral amplitude is suggested to describe this effect. Examples of nonlinear layered structures and periodically-poled nonlinear crystals show that surface contributions to spontaneous down-conversion can be important.

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@article{arxiv.0907.3595,
  title  = {Surface spontaneous parametric down-conversion},
  author = {Jan Perina and Antonin Luks and Ondrej Haderka and Michael Scalora},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0907.3595},
  year   = {2015}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures

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