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The one- and two-photon transverse wave functions: theory and experiment

Brian J. Smith, Bryan Killett, A. Nahlik, Michael G. Raymer, Konrad Banaszek, Ian A. Walmsley

Published Dec 10, 2005• 0 citations
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We present a method to characterize one- and two-photon transverse wave functions in coordinate space. Measurements of transverse Wigner functions for one- and two-photon states from a spontaneous parametric down conversion source are being made.
DOI
10.1109/qels.2005.1548720

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