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International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz)

Theoretical study of quantum-correlated optical-terahertz biphotons

A.A. Leontyev, Pavel A. Prudkovskii, G. Kh. Kitaeva

Published Nov 8, 2020• 0 citations
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Abstract

We study the statistical properties of optical-terahertz biphotons generated by means of spontaneous parametric down conversion. Numerical dependence of the second-order correlation function is obtained depending on polar angular aperture.
DOI
10.1109/irmmw-thz46771.2020.9370595

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