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Spontaneous Four-Wave Mixing in an Irregular Nanofiber

Anatoly Shukhin, А. А. Калачев

Published Jan 1, 2015• 0 citations

Abstract

The features of biphotons states generated via spontaneous four-wave mixing in nanofibers with a variable cross-section are studied. The spectral amplitude of the biphoton field is calculated and the effects of interference and phase modulation of the biphoton field in such structures is discussed.

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201510306009

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