Measurement and Shaping of Biphoton Spectral Wave Functions

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Tischler, N
Buese, A
Helt, LG
Juan, ML
Piro, N
Ghosh, J
Steel, MJ
Molina-Terriza, G
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2015
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In this work we present a simple method to reconstruct the complex spectral wave function of a biphoton, and hence gain complete information about the spectral and temporal properties of a photon pair. The technique, which relies on quantum interference, is applicable to biphoton states produced with a monochromatic pump when a shift of the pump frequency produces a shift in the relative frequencies contributing to the biphoton. We demonstrate an example of such a situation in type-II parametric down conversion allowing arbitrary paraxial spatial pump and detection modes. Moreover, our test cases demonstrate the possibility to shape the spectral wave function. This is achieved by choosing the spatial mode of the pump and of the detection modes, and takes advantage of spatiotemporal correlations.

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Physical Review Letters

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115

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19

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© 2015 American Physical Society. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.

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Mathematical sciences

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Quantum optics and quantum optomechanics

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