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Frontiers in Optics

From the Parametric Down-Conversion to the Raman Scattering: Nonlinear and Quantum Phenomena in Lossy Media

Radosław Chrapkiewicz, Wojciech Wasilewski

Published Jan 1, 2011• 0 citations
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Abstract

We found the full information of the output multimode state in the Spontaneous Parametric Down–Conversion, in the lossy 1D waveguide, still manifesting quantum behavior. We refer the results to the Raman scattering in atomic media.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2011.fwy3

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