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.
- Received 22 February 2011
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.83.061803
©2011 American Physical Society
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Generation of ultrabright biphotons made easy
Published 20 June 2011
A new method to generate ultrabright single-mode biphotons using a backward-wave parametric oscillator is proposed.
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