• DocumentCode
    444084
  • Title

    The one- and two-photon transverse wave functions: theory and experiment

  • Author

    Smith, B.J. ; Killett, Bryan ; Nahlik, Andrew ; Raymer, M.G. ; Banaszek, K. ; Walmsley, I.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Oregon Univ., Eugene, OR, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    183
  • Abstract
    We present a method to characterize one- and two-photon transverse wave functions in coordinate space. Measurements of transverse Wigner functions for one- and two-photon states from a spontaneous parametric down conversion source are being made.
  • Keywords
    Wigner distribution; optical frequency conversion; optical parametric devices; quantum entanglement; quantum optics; two-photon processes; wave functions; coordinate space; one-photon transverse wave function; photon state; spatial entanglement; spontaneous parametric down conversion source; transverse Wigner function; two-photon transverse wave function; Clocks; Coherence; Counting circuits; Detectors; Electromagnetic fields; Hilbert space; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Sagnac interferometers; Wave functions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-796-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2005.1548720
  • Filename
    1548720