Ultrabright backward-wave biphoton source

2011/05/01 by Chih‐Sung Chuu, Chih-Sung Chuu, S. E. Harris · 1 citation
Computer Science · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Glauber #Laser #Laser linewidth #Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications #Mathematics #Optics #Parametric statistics #Physics #Quantum #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum entanglement #Quantum mechanics #Quantum optics #Quantum optics and atomic interactions #Scattering #Spontaneous parametric down-conversion #Statistics #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreva.83.061803

published as Phys. Rev. A 83, 061803(R) (2011) · 4 pages, 3 figures

arxiv created 2011/05/01 · openalex publication_date 2011/06/20 · arxiv updated 2015/05/28 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

We calculate the properties of a biphoton source based on resonant backward-wave spontaneous parametric down conversion. We show that the biphotons are generated in a single longitudinal mode having a subnatural linewidth and a Glauber correlation time exceeding 65 ns.

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