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Highly efficient source for frequency-entangled photon pairs generated in a 3rd order periodically poled MgO-doped stoichiometric LiTaO3 crystal
We present a highly efficient source for discrete frequency-entangled photon
pairs based on spontaneous parametric down-conversion using 3rd order type-0
quasi-phase matching in a periodically poled MgO-doped stoichiometric LiTaO3
crystal pumped by a 355.66 nm laser. Correlated two-photon states were
generated with automatic conservation of energy and momentum in two given
spatial modes. These states have a wide spectral range, even under small
variations in crystal temperature, which consequently results in higher
discreteness. Frequency entanglement was confirmed by measuring two-photon
quantum interference fringes without any spectral filtering.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, to be published in Optics Letter