Title :
Role of pump-beam orbital angular momentum in type-II parametric down-conversion
Author :
Feng, Sheng ; Chen, Chao-Hsiang ; Barbosa, Geraldo A. ; Kumar, Prem
Author_Institution :
EECS Dept., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL
Abstract :
We experimentally show that nonzero pump-beam angular momentum plays a different role in type-II parametric down-converstion than in type-I. We explore the reason(s) why pump-beam profile does not appear in coincidence imaging of type-II down-converstion.
Keywords :
angular momentum; nonlinear optics; quantum entanglement; quantum optics; coincidence imaging; pump-beam orbital angular momentum; type-II parametric down-conversion; Chaotic communication; Detectors; Holography; Laser beam cutting; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical pumping; Photonic crystals; Photonics Society; Polarization; (190.4410) Nonlinear optics, parametric processes; (270.5290) Photon statistics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4629148
