Quantum noise properties of parametric processes
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Quantum properties of backward parametric down - conversion
Backward parametric down-conversion, in which one of the twin beams is generated in the opposite direction with respect to the pump laser source (Fig.1a), was theoretically predicted fifty years ago, but only recently became experimentally accessible [1], due the challenges involved in the fabrication of the required submicrometer poling period. A peculiarity of this geometry is the presence of...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Optics Express
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1094-4087
DOI: 10.1364/opex.13.004986