Spectral information and distinguishability in type-II down-conversion with a broadband pump

W. P. Grice and I. A. Walmsley
Phys. Rev. A 56, 1627 – Published 1 August 1997
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Abstract

A model is presented to describe spontaneous type-II parametric down-conversion pumped by a broadband source. This process differs from the familiar cw-pumped down-conversion in that a broader range of pump energies is available for down-conversion. The properties of the nonlinear crystal determine how these energies are distributed into the down-converted photons. Because the two photons are polarized along different crystal axes, they have different spectral characteristics and are no longer exactly anticorrelated. As the pump bandwidth is increased, this effect becomes more pronounced. A fourth-order interference experiment is proposed, illustrating some of the features of broadband pumped down-conversion.

  • Received 30 August 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.56.1627

©1997 American Physical Society

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W. P. Grice and I. A. Walmsley

  • The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627

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Vol. 56, Iss. 2 — August 1997

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