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Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics

Generation of arbitrary frequency-entangled states of two-photon light

Dmitry A. Kalashnikov, V. P. Karasev, Konstantin G. Katamadze, S. P. Kulik, А. А. Соловьев

Published Jan 1, 2009• 3 citations
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Abstract

We consider a new method for the generation of polarization-frequency entangled states of photon pairs. We use a frequency-nondegenerate regime of spontaneous parametric down conversion where the photon pairs (biphotons) are produced with identical polarizations, propagate mostly in the same direction, but differ in frequency. Entanglement is achieved by a coherent superposition of pairs emitted from two nonlinear crystals, with the polarization of the biphotons from the first crystal being changed by a transformer placed between the two crystals. We show that this scheme allows the degree of entanglement to be controlled by the choice of biphoton frequencies.

DOI
10.1134/s1063776109010051

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