Interference of fields emitted spontaneously at different times

Author

Kulik, S.P. ; Kim, Y.-H. ; Shih, Y.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Maryland Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

Aug. 30 1999-Sept. 3 1999

Firstpage

56

Abstract

We report the first observation of interference in the spontaneous parametric down conversion (SPDC) radiation emitted at different time moments. SPDC is a nonlinear optical process in which a higher energy UV pump photon splits into two daughter photons (usually called signal and idler) inside a noncentrosymmetric crystal when the phase matching condition is satisfied. For the experimental setup, we used two temporally separated pump pulses generating SPDC in a type II BBO crystal.

Keywords

barium compounds; light interference; optical frequency conversion; optical parametric devices; optical phase matching; quantum optics; two-photon processes; BaB/sub 2/O/sub 4/; SPDC; daughter photons; different time moments; higher energy UV pump photon; idler; interference; noncentrosymmetric crystal; nonlinear optical process; phase matching condition; signal; spontaneous parametric down conversion; temporally separated pump pulses; type II BBO crystal; Delay; Filters; Frequency; Interference; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical scattering; Photonic crystals; Polarization; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO/Pacific Rim '99. The Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Seoul, South Korea

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5661-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.811621

Filename

811621