Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences Physics
Statistical Characteristics of Quantum Polarization States Formed in Periodically Poled Nonlinear Crystals: Mathematical Modeling
Aleksandr V. Belinsky, Ranjit Singh
Abstract
Abstract A degenerate parametric process and the complete upward generation of ordinary and extraordinary optical waves inside a periodically poled nonlinear crystal (PPNC) with quadratic nonlinearity are considered. A quantum theory is developed for describing statistical characteristics of the polarized states of light in a PPNC. It is found that the degree of polarization can be controlled by creating an imbalance in the intensity of modes at frequencies of ordinary and extraordinary optical waves (i.e., reducing the average number of photons in one and increasing it in the other).