Anisotropically and High Entanglement of Biphoton States Generated in Spontaneous Parametric Down-Conversion

2006/12/13 by М. В. Федоров, M. V. Fedorov, Maxim A. Efremov +6 · 6 citations
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum optics and atomic interactions #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.99.063901

arxiv created 2006/12/13 · openalex publication_date 2007/08/06 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We show both theoretically and experimentally that biphoton wave packets generated via spontaneous parametric down-conversion can be strongly anisotropic and highly entangled. The conditions under which these effects exist are found and discussed.

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