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Quantum State Engineering of Light with Continuous-wave Optical Parametric Oscillators
Published on: May 30, 2014
Engineering walk-off-induced orbital angular momentum spectrum in spontaneous parametric downconversion
Abstract:
Spontaneous parametric downconversion (SPDC) has been considered a reliable source of high-dimensional entangled states in orbital angular momentum (OAM) basis. In real-world experiments, the spatial walk-off of the pump often degrades the fidelity of the generated quantum state. Since the walk-off effect breaks the rotational symmetry of the system, the conservation of total OAM is violated. Although the compensation of walk-off effects has become a well-established experimental technique, a systematic modal analysis of the spatial walk-off effect is still incomplete for SPDC. Here, we quantitatively analyze the violation of OAM conservation due to the pump walk-off effect in SPDC processes. We have derived a scaling law of the total OAM distribution with respect to the pump walk-off angle. We have also explored the feasibility of using the spatial walk-off as a mechanism to engineer the generated quantum state. Our study has provided guidelines for the generation of an OAM-entangled state under realistic experimental conditions.
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