Transverse spatial and frequency properties of two-photon states generated by spontaneous parametric down-conversion

A. G. da Costa Moura; W. A. T. Nogueira; S. P. Walborn; C. H. Monken

Transverse spatial and frequency properties of two-photon states generated by spontaneous parametric down-conversion

Quantum Physics 2008-07-01 v1

Authors: A. G. da Costa Moura , W. A. T. Nogueira , S. P. Walborn , C. H. Monken

Abstract

We present a detailed account of the two-photon states generated by SPDC in both type I and type II phase matching, including the effects of anisotropy of the nonlinear medium and the frequency spread of the down-converted fields. Accurate as well as simplified expressions are derived for type I and type II phase matching in the context of Fourier Optics. The main results are compared with experimental data available in the literature, showing good agreement in all cases.

Keywords

spontaneous parametric down-conversion quantum optics

Cite

@article{arxiv.0806.4624,
  title  = {Transverse spatial and frequency properties of two-photon states generated by spontaneous parametric down-conversion},
  author = {A. G. da Costa Moura and W. A. T. Nogueira and S. P. Walborn and C. H. Monken},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.4624},
  year   = {2008}
}

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11 pages 16 figures

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