Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 56, Issue 4, 043002(2019)

Property of Entangled Photon Pairs Generated via Spontaneous Parametric Down Conversion

Yuanyuan Song1, Ding Chen2, and Shuang Cong1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1 Department of Automation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China
  • 2 State Key Laboratory of Space-Ground Integrated Information Technology, Beijing Institute of Satellite Information Engineering, Beijing 100086, China
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    Schematic of experimental device for generation of entangled photon pairs via type-II spontaneous parametric down conversion. (a) Collinear matching; (b) non-collinear matching
    Illustration of type-II SPDC light field
    Single photon spectra of signal light (s) and idle light (i) under different parameters. (a) Ω>0; (b) Ω<0; (c) D+≠0; (d) D+=0
    Source function graphs when continuous light used as pump. (a1) (a2) 3D and 2D plots of phase matching function; (b1) (b2) 3D and 2D plots of pumping linear function; (c1) (c2) 3D and 2D plots of combined spectral function; (d) single photon spectra
    3D plots of pumping linear functions, 3D plots and 2D plots of combined spectral functions, single photon spectra under different spectral widths of pulsed laser. (a1) (b1) (c1) (d1) σp=0.5 nm; (a2) (b2) (c2) (d2) σp=2 nm; (a3) (b3) (c3) (d3) σp=5 nm
    3D plots of pumping linear functions, 3D plots of phase matching functions, 3D plots and 2D plots of combined spectral functions, single photon spectra under different crystal thicknesses. (a) σp=1 nm; (b1) (c1) (d1) (e1) L=0.5 nm; (b2) (c2) (d2) (e2) L=1 mm; (b3) (c3) (d3) (e3) L=3 mm
    Combined two-photon spectra under different frequency correlation. (a) Non-correlation; (b) positive correlation
    • Table 1. Frequency entanglement and interference visibility under different spectral widths of pulsed laser

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      Table 1. Frequency entanglement and interference visibility under different spectral widths of pulsed laser

      σp /nmΔνc /THzΔνs /THzRV
      0.50.675.868.750.96
      21.136.946.140.77
      52.2612.585.570.69
    • Table 2. Frequency entanglement and interference visibility under different crystal thicknesses

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      Table 2. Frequency entanglement and interference visibility under different crystal thicknesses

      L /mmΔνc /THzΔνs /THzRV
      0.51.7411.206.440.99
      10.916.427.050.84
      30.292.528.690.58
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    Yuanyuan Song, Ding Chen, Shuang Cong. Property of Entangled Photon Pairs Generated via Spontaneous Parametric Down Conversion[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2019, 56(4): 043002

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    Paper Information

    Category: Spectroscopy

    Received: Jul. 6, 2018

    Accepted: Sep. 4, 2018

    Published Online: Jul. 31, 2019

    The Author Email: Shuang Cong (scong@ustc.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP56.043002

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