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Frontiers in Optics

Periodic suppression and enhancement of spontaneous two-photon emission via interference

Dong-Gil Im, Yosep Kim, Yoon-Ho Kim

Published Jan 1, 2017• 0 citations
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Abstract

An effective periodic boundary condition can be introduced to spontaneous parametric down-conversion by using a continuous-wave multi-mode pump. We show this effect can result in periodic suppression and enhancement of spontaneous two-photon emission via interference.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2017.jw4a.35

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