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Spontaneous four-wave mixing in optical nanofibers at low temperatures

Anatoly Shukhin, А. А. Калачев

Published Jan 1, 2017• 0 citations
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Abstract

In this work, spontaneous four-wave mixing in silica optical nanofibers is studied theoretically. The spectrum of generated biphoton field and its dependence on the nanofiber temperature are analysed.
DOI
10.1051/epjconf/201716103016

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