skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Azimuthal correlation of photon pairs generated in spontaneous parametric down-conversion

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
; ; ;  [1]
  1. Core Research for Evolutionary Science and Technology-Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0812 (Japan)

Correlations between the entire conical spatial modes of signal and idler beams in a type II spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) under ultrashort pulse pumping are examined experimentally and theoretically. Statistical properties and theoretical analysis of 'path-entangled' states formed using these beams suggest that the quantum state of SPDC photon pairs cannot be represented by a pure ensemble of identically prepared pairs.

OSTI ID:
21020840
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Vol. 76, Issue 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.76.043845; (c) 2007 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English