Photon-pair generation in optical fibers through four-wave mixing: Role of Raman scattering and pump polarization

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Lin, Q ^a   Yaman, F ^a   Agrawal, Govind P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOUR WAVE MIXING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; QUANTUM THEORY; RAMAN SCATTERING;

PHOTON PAIRS; POLARIZATION ENTANGLEMENT; PUMP POLARIZATION; QUANTUM CORRELATION;

PHOTONS;

EID: 33846826723     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.75.023803     Document Type: Article

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