Control of the shape of the spatial mode function of photons generated in noncollinear spontaneous parametric down-conversion

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Molina Terriza, Gabriel ^a   Minardi, Stefano ^a,c   Deyanova, Yana ^a,b   Osorio, Clara I ^a   Hendrych, Martin ^a,b   Torres, Juan P ^a,b  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c Department of Electronics T E I Crete at Chania ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAMS; LIGHT MODULATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

DEGREE OF ELLIPTICITY; PARAMETRIC DOWN-CONVERSIONS; PUMP BEAM WIDTHS; SPATIAL MODE FUNCTIONS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 33244465186     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.72.065802     Document Type: Article

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