Two-photon mode preparation and matching efficiency: Definition, measurement, and optimization

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 890-893

  Castelletto, Stefania ^a   Degiovanni, Ivo Pietro ^a   Furno, Giampiero ^a   Schettini, Valentina ^a   Migdall, Alan ^b   Ware, Michael ^b  

^a ISTITUTO ELETTROTECNICO NAZIONALE GALILEO FERRARIS   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonlinear media; Optical fiber coupling; Optical fiber measurement applications; Optical propagation in nonlinear media; Photon beams

Indexed keywords

LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIMODE FIBERS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTONS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

NONLINEAR MEDIA; OPTICAL FIBER MEASUREMENT APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL PROPAGATION-IN-NONLINEAR MEDIA; PARAMETRIC DOWNCONVERSION (PDC) LIGHT; PHOTON BEAMS;

OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING;

EID: 17444398605     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2005.843571     Document Type: Article

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