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Frontiers in Optics

Characterization and Engineering of Entangled Spatial modes in Four-wave Mixing

Gaurav Nirala, Siva T. Pradyumna, Alberto M. Marino

Published Jan 1, 2023• 0 citations
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Abstract

We show the presence of a large number of pairwise-entangled spatial modes generated in four-wave mixing by calculating the spatial Schmidt spectrum from the experimentally reconstructed two-photon amplitude. By manipulating the input pump momentum, we demonstrate a modification of the spatial Schmidt modes.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2023.jtu5a.45

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