• DocumentCode
    3668155
  • Title

    Super-critical phase-matching in nonlinear optics

  • Author

    Rebecca Y. Saaltink;Lambert Giner;Robert W. Boyd;Ebrahim Karimi;Jeff. S. Lundeen

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, 150 Louis Pasteur, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    6/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    Radially and azimuthally polarized beams display unique properties that make them an appealing alternative to linearly polarized beams for optical applications. This paper presents a novel geometry for spontaneous parametric down-conversion pumped by a Bessel-Gauss beam that will directly produce azimuthally and radially polarized photon pairs.
  • Keywords
    "Photonics","Nonlinear optics","Optical frequency conversion","Optical beams","Laser excitation"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics North, 2015
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PN.2015.7292541
  • Filename
    7292541