Second order coherence of broadband down-converted light on ultrashort time scale determined by two photon absorption in semiconductor

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 20401-20408

  Boitier, Fabien ^a   Godard, Antoine ^a   Ryasnyanskiy, Aleksandr ^b   Dubreuil, Nicolas ^b   Delaye, Philippe ^b   Fabre, Claude ^c   Rosencher, Emmanuel ^a,d  

^a ONERA   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

^d ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; QUANTUM OPTICS;

DEGENERATE CASE; FINAL STATE; GAAS DETECTOR; PHASE MATCHING CONDITIONS; PHOTON CORRELATION; SECOND ORDER COHERENCE; TIME RESOLUTION; TWO PHOTON ABSORPTION; ULTRASHORT TIME SCALE;

PHOTONS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT; PHOTOMETRY; PHOTON; SEMICONDUCTOR; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT; PHOTOMETRY; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 77957013296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.020401     Document Type: Article

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