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20132026
most citedEffects of crystal length on the angular spectrum of spontaneous parametric downconversion photon pairs

41 citations · 198 across the 11 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

physics.optics2026

Sub-second A-scan Acquisition Using Marginal Spectral-Domain Quantum Optical Coherence Tomography

P. D. Yepiz-Graciano, D. Salamanca-Roldán, H. Cruz-Ramírez +2

We report an optimized implementation of spectral-domain quantum optical coherence tomography (SD-QOCT) capable of acquiring axial scans (A-scans) of multilayer samples without in…

physics.optics2025★ 2 cited

Tuning the probability detection of OAM entangled photons in Helical Ince-Gauss modes

A. A. Aguilar-Cardoso, D. Rodriguez-Guillen, R. Ramirez-Alarcon

In this work we provide a detailed theoretical and experimental analysis of the two-photon Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM) entangled state, generated by a type-I Spontaneous Paramet…

quant-ph2023

Entangled two-photon absorption in transmission-based experiments: deleterious effects from linear optical losses

Freiman Triana-Arango, Roberto Ramírez-Alarcón, Gabriel Ramos-Ortiz

Recently different experimental schemes have been proposed to study the elusive phenomenon of entangled two-photon absorption (ETPA) in nonlinear materials. The attempts to detect…

quant-ph2022★ 13 cited

Spectral considerations of Entangled two-photon absorption effects in Hong-Ou-Mandel interference experiments

Freiman Triana-Arango, Gabriel Ramos-Ortiz, Roberto Ramírez-Alarcón

Recently, different experimental methods intended to detect the entangled two-photon absorption (ETPA) phenomenon in a variety of materials have been reported. The present work exp…

quant-ph2021★ 25 cited

Submegahertz spectral width photon pair source based on fused silica microspheres

Erasto Ortiz Ricardo, Cesar Bertoni Ocampo, Mónica Maldonado Terrón +5

High efficiency, sub-MHz bandwidth photon pair generators will enable the field of quantum technology to transition from laboratory demonstrations to transformational applications…

physics.ins-det2016★ 14 cited

Systematic afterpulsing-estimation algorithms for gated avalanche photodiodes

Carlos Wiechers, Roberto Ramírez-Alarcón, Oscar R. Muñiz-Sánchez +4

We present a method designed to efficiently extract optical signals from InGaAs avalanche photodiodes (APDs) operated in gated mode. In particular, our method permits an estimation…

quant-ph2016

Fiber-based photon-pair source capable of hybrid entanglement in frequency and transverse mode, controllably scalable to higher dimensions

D. Cruz-Delgado, R. Ramirez-Alarcon, E. Ortiz-Ricardo +5

We have designed and implemented a photon-pair source, based on the spontaneous four wave mixing (SFWM) process in a few-mode fiber, in a geometry which permits multiple, simultane…

quant-ph2016★ 39 cited

Photon pair generation by intermodal spontaneous four wave mixing in birefringent, weakly guiding optical fibers

K. Garay-Palmett, D. Cruz-Delgado, F. Dominguez-Serna +5

We present a theoretical and experimental study of the generation of photon pairs through the process of spontaneous four wave mixing (SFWM) in a few-mode, birefringent fiber. Unde…

quant-ph2014★ 20 cited

Classical to quantum transfer of optical vortices

Veronica Vicuna-Hernandez, Hector Cruz-Ramirez, Roberto Ramirez-Alarcon +1

We show that an optical vortex beam, implemented classically, can be transferred to the transverse amplitude of a heralded single photon. For this purpose we have relied on the pro…

quant-ph2014★ 18 cited

Configurable spatio-temporal properties in a photon-pair source based on spontaneous four wave mixing with multiple transverse modes

Daniel Cruz-Delgado, Jorge Monroy-Ruz Angela M. Barragan, Erasto Ortiz-Ricardo +4

We present an experimental and theoretical study of photon pairs generated by spontaneous four wave mixing (SFWM), based on birefringent phasematching, in a fiber which supports mo…

quant-ph2013★ 26 cited

Observation of non-diffracting behavior at the single-photon level

Hector Cruz-Ramirez, Roberto Ramirez-Alarcon, Francisco J. Morelos +3

We demonstrate the generation of non-diffracting heralded single photons, i.e. which are characterized by a single-photon transverse intensity distribution which remains essentiall…

quant-ph2013★ 41 cited

Effects of crystal length on the angular spectrum of spontaneous parametric downconversion photon pairs

Roberto Ramirez-Alarcon, Hector Cruz-Ramirez, Alfred B. U'Ren

We present a theoretical and experimental analysis of the joint effects of the transverse electric field distribution and of the nonlinear crystal characteristics on the properties…