Polarization quantum properties in a type-II optical parametric oscillator below threshold

Journal Article · Mon Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 2003 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.68.063809· OSTI ID:20640537

Zambrini, Roberta; Miguel, Maxi San ^[1]; Gatti, Alessandra; Lugiato, Luigi ^[2]

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1. Instituto Mediterraneo de Estudios Avanzados, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), Campus Universitat Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca (Spain)
2. INFM, Dipartimento di Scienze CCFFMM, Universita dell'Insubria, Via Valleggio 11, 22100 Como (Italy)

We study the far-field spatial distribution of the quantum fluctuations in the transverse profile of the output light beam generated by a type-II optical parametric oscillator below threshold, including the effects of transverse walk-off. We study how quadrature field correlations depend on the polarization. We find spatial Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen entanglement in quadrature-polarization components. For the far-field points not affected by walk-off there is almost complete noise suppression in the proper quadratures difference of any orthogonal polarization components. We show the entanglement of the state of symmetric, intense, or macroscopic, spatial light modes. We also investigate nonclassical polarization properties in terms of the Stokes operators. We find perfect correlations in all Stokes parameters measured in opposite far-field points in the direction orthogonal to the walk-off, while locally the field is unpolarized and we find no polarization squeezing.

• OSTI ID: 20640537
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 68; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
CORRELATIONS
ENERGY LEVELS
FLUCTUATIONS
NOISE
OPTICS
PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS
POLARIZATION
QUADRATURES
QUANTUM MECHANICS
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
STOKES PARAMETERS
VISIBLE RADIATION