Two-photon geometric optics

被引:194
作者
Pittman, TB
Strekalov, DV
Klyshko, DN
Rubin, MH
Sergienko, AV
Shih, YH
机构
[1] Department of Physics, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1996年 / 53卷 / 04期
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevA.53.2804
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report two-photon correlation experiments using spontaneous parametric down-conversion under a severe manipulation of the input pump field. Considering the case of passing the laser beam through a focusing lens before the down-conversion crystal, theoretical calculations and a series of imaging experiments demonstrate two-photon geometric optics effects. In particular, the imaging in coincidence counts of an aperture placed in one of the down-conversion beams is found to be the analog of a simple spherical mirror system, which displays a ''vacuum dispersion'' effect in that the object and image distances are wavelength weighted.
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页码:2804 / 2815
页数:12
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