Title :
Down-conversion and entangled photon pairs
Author :
de Dood, M.J.A. ; Irvine, W.T.M. ; Bouwmeester, D.
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
Degenerate down-conversion in photonic crystals is investigated as a source of entangled photons. Phase matching relies on form birefringence and on a change in phase velocity near the band edge of the photonic crystal.
Keywords :
birefringence; optical frequency conversion; optical phase matching; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; quantum entanglement; band edge; birefringence; down-conversion; entangled photon pairs; phase matching; phase velocity; photonic crystals;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
