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Generation of photon pairs using polarization-dependent two-photon absorption

T. Nakanishi, K. Sugiyama, M. Kitano

quant-pharXiv:quant-ph/0302005

Abstract

We propose a new method for generating photon pairs from coherent light using polarization-dependent two-photon absorption. We study the photon statistics of two orthogonally polarized modes by solving a master equation, and show that when we prepare a coherent state in one polarization mode, photon pairs are created in the other mode. The photon pairs have the same frequency as that of the incident light.

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