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Studies of ultra-broadband spontaneous parametric downconversion

Kevin A. O’Donnell, Alfred B. U’Ren

Published May 1, 2007• 0 citations
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Abstract

We consider collinear downconversion in a type-1 configuration with degeneracy near the crystal's zero group-velocity dispersion frequency. A fractional frequency bandwidth of 0.53 is observed, corresponding to a 1080nm range about the 1885nm degenerate wavelength.
DOI
10.1109/qels.2007.4431722

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