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Frontiers in Optics

Optimizing Spatial Coherence in Collinear Type-1 SPDC with Partially Coherent Pump

Preeti Sharma, Sakshi Rao, Bhaskar Kanseri

Published Jan 1, 2023• 0 citations
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Abstract

We experimentally study the first order interference of collinearly propagating biphotons generated using a partially coherent pump. The visibility of the pattern rapidly degrades with decrease in spatial coherence of the pump.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2023.jtu5a.24

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