Orbital angular momentum modes of high-gain parametric down-conversion
Beltran L, Frascella G, Perez AM, Fickler R, Sharapova PR, Manceau M, Tikhonova OV, Boyd RW, Leuchs G, Chekhova MV (2017)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2017
Journal
Book Volume: 19
Article Number: 044005
Journal Issue: 4
Abstract
Light beams with orbital angular momentum (OAM) are convenient carriers of quantum information. They can also be used for imparting rotational motion to particles and providing high resolution in imaging. Due to the conservation of OAM in parametric down-conversion (PDC), signal and idler photons generated at low gain have perfectly anti-correlated OAM values. It is interesting to study the OAM properties of high-gain PDC, where the same OAM modes can be populated with large, but correlated, numbers of photons. Here we investigate the OAM spectrum of high-gain PDC and show that the OAM mode content can be controlled by varying the pump power and the configuration of the source. In our experiment, we use a source consisting of two nonlinear crystals separated by an air gap. We discuss the OAM properties of PDC radiation emitted by this source and suggest possible modifications.
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Max-Planck-Institut für die Physik des Lichts (MPL) / Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
Germany (DE)
University of Ottawa
Canada (CA)
Lomonosov Moscow State University / Московский государственный университет имени М.В.Ломоносова
Russian Federation (RU)
Germany (DE)
University of Ottawa
Canada (CA)
Lomonosov Moscow State University / Московский государственный университет имени М.В.Ломоносова
Russian Federation (RU)
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APA:
Beltran, L., Frascella, G., Perez, A.M., Fickler, R., Sharapova, P.R., Manceau, M.,... Chekhova, M.V. (2017). Orbital angular momentum modes of high-gain parametric down-conversion. Journal of Optics, 19(4). https://doi.org/10.1088/2040-8986/aa600f
MLA:
Beltran, Lina, et al. "Orbital angular momentum modes of high-gain parametric down-conversion." Journal of Optics 19.4 (2017).
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