Title :
Quasi-phase matching engineering for spatial control of entangled two-photon states
Author :
Torres, J.P. ; Carrasco, S. ; Torner, L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Signal Theory & Commun., Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona
Abstract :
We show that properly transverse engineering of quasi-phase-matched geometries can be used to tailor the spatial mode function that describes the quantum state of photon pairs generated in spontaneous parametric down-conversion
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; optical frequency conversion; optical phase matching; quantum entanglement; two-photon processes; entangled two-photon states; quantum state; quasiphase matching engineering; spatial mode function; spontaneous parametric down-conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4