9812080v1

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{light, field, probe}
{photon, photons, single}
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{time, wave, function}
{wave, scattering, interference}
{bell, inequality, local}
{state, states, coherent}
{operator, operators, space}

Dispersion in Femtosecond Entangled Two-Photon Interference

J. Perina, A. V. Jr., B. M. Sergienko, B. E. A. Jost, M. C. Saleh

abstract: We theoretically investigate the quantum interference of entangled two-photon states generated in a nonlinear crystal pumped by femtosecond optical pulses. Interference patterns generated by the polarization analog of the Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometer are studied. Attention is devoted to the effects of the pump-pulse profile (pulse duration and chirp) and the second-order dispersion in both the nonlinear crystal and the interferometer's optical elements. Dispersion causes the interference pattern to have an asymmetric shape. Dispersion cancellation occurs in some cases.

oai_identifier:
oai:arXiv.org:quant-ph/9812080
categories:
quant-ph
comments:
LATEX, 13 pages, 9 PostScript figures
doi:
10.1103/PhysRevA.59.2359
arxiv_id:
quant-ph/9812080
journal_ref:
Phys.Rev.A59:2359,1999
created:
1998-12-28

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