Super-critical phasematching for photon pair generation in structured light modes
arXiv:1610.01454 · doi:10.1364/OE.24.024495
Abstract
We propose a method for directly producing radially and azimuthally polarized photon pairs through spontaneous parametric downconversion (SPDC). This method constitutes a novel geometry for SPDC, in which a radially polarized Bessel-Gauss pump beam is directed into a nonlinear crystal, with the central propagation direction parallel to the crystal axis. The phasematching conditions are controlled by changing the opening angle of the pump beam; as the crystal axis cannot be tuned, we refer to this process as super-critical phasematching. We model and plot the spatial and polarization output distributions for Type-I and Type-II super-critical phasematching.
arXiv comment14 pages, 8 figures
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