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
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