Parametric downconversion vs optical parametric amplification: a comparison of their quantum statistics

The extent to which the intense light generated by an unseeded, high-gain optical parametric amplifier retains the desired quantum statistical properties of the individual photon pairs generated by spontaneous parametric downconversion is analysed. It is shown that certain but not all of these prope...

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Published inJournal of modern optics Vol. 49; no. 3-4; pp. 529 - 537
Main Authors NAGASAKO, ELNA, BENTLEY, SEAN, ROBERT, W., AGARWAL, GIRISH
Format Journal Article Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published London Taylor & Francis Group 10.03.2002
Taylor & Francis
Subjects
Exact sciences and technology
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
Nonclassical field states; squeezed, antibunched and sub-poissonian states; operational definitions of the phase of the field; phase measurements
Nonlinear optics
Optical parametric oscillators and amplifiers
Optics
Physics
Quantum optics
Light interferometry
Parametric conversion
Quantum statistics
Theoretical study
Quantum optics
Optical frequency conversion
Nonlinear optics
Optical parametric amplifiers
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Summary:The extent to which the intense light generated by an unseeded, high-gain optical parametric amplifier retains the desired quantum statistical properties of the individual photon pairs generated by spontaneous parametric downconversion is analysed. It is shown that certain but not all of these properties are retained, with important implications for applications of quantum optics.
ISSN:0950-0340
1362-3044
DOI:10.1080/09500340110090819