1998/12/28 by J. Perina, Jr., Jan Peřina, A. V. Sergienko +7 · 62 citations
Chemistry · Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Chemistry #Chirp #Dispersion (optics) #Femtosecond #Femtosecond pulse shaping #Interference (communication) #Interferometry #Laser #Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications #Nonlinear optics #Optics #Photon #Photon entanglement #Physics #Polarization (electrochemistry) #Pulse (music) #Quantum #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum entanglement #Quantum mechanics #Quantum optics #Quantum optics and atomic interactions #Telecommunications #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreva.59.2359
published in Physical Review A 59(3), 2359-2368 (American Physical Society) · LATEX, 13 pages, 9 PostScript figures
arxiv created 1998/12/28 · openalex publication_date 1999/03/01 · arxiv updated 2012/08/27 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We theoretically investigate the quantum interference of entangled two-photon states generated in a nonlinear crystal pumped by femtosecond optical pulses. Interference patterns generated by the polarization analog of the Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometer are studied. Attention is devoted to the effects of the pump-pulse profile (pulse duration and chirp) and the second-order dispersion in both the nonlinear crystal and the interferometer's optical elements. Dispersion causes the interference pattern to have an asymmetric shape. Dispersion cancellation occurs in some cases.