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Spatial Characterization Of Two-Photon States - GAP-Optique

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2.3. Correlations between signal and idler<br />

In any other case, correlations between signal and idler are unavoidable. To<br />

evaluate their strength, the next section deduces an analytical expression for<br />

the purity of the signal photon state.<br />

2.3.2 Spatio temporal state of signal photon<br />

A single photon state can be generated in spdc by ignoring any information<br />

about one of the generated photons. The single photon state is calculated by<br />

tracing out the other photon from the two-photon state. For example, after<br />

a partial trace over the idler photon, the reduced density matrix in space and<br />

frequency for the signal photon is<br />

ˆρsignal =T ridler[ρ]<br />

<br />

=<br />

<br />

=<br />

and its purity is given by<br />

dq ′′<br />

i dΩ ′′<br />

i 〈q ′′<br />

i , Ω ′′<br />

i |ˆρ|q ′′<br />

i , Ω ′′<br />

i 〉<br />

dqsdΩsdqidΩidq ′ sdΩ ′ s<br />

Φ(qs, Ωs, qi, Ωi)Φ ∗ (q ′ s, Ω ′ s, qi, Ωi)|qs, Ωs〉〈q ′ s, Ω ′ s|, (2.18)<br />

T r[ˆρ 2 signal] =<br />

<br />

dqsdΩsdqidΩidq ′ sdΩ ′ sdq ′ idΩ ′ i<br />

× Φ(qs, Ωs, qi, Ωi)Φ ∗ (q ′ s, Ω ′ s, qi, Ωi)<br />

× Φ(q ′ s, Ω ′ s, q ′ i, Ω ′ i)Φ ∗ (qs, Ωs, q ′ i, Ω ′ i). (2.19)<br />

Recalling the exponential character of the mode function described by equation<br />

1.35, equation 2.19 writes<br />

T r[ˆρ 2 signal] = det(2A)<br />

det(C) , (2.20)<br />

where C is a positive-definite real 12 × 12 matrix defined by<br />

N 4 <br />

exp − 1<br />

2 Xt <br />

CX = Φ(qs, Ωs, qi, Ωi)<br />

and given by<br />

⎛<br />

C = 1<br />

2<br />

⎜<br />

⎝<br />

× Φ ∗ (q ′ s, Ω ′ s, qi, Ωi)Φ(q ′ s, Ω ′ s, q ′ i, Ω ′ i)Φ ∗ (qs, Ωs, q ′ i, Ω ′ i), (2.21)<br />

2a 2h i j 2k l 0 0 i j 0 l<br />

2h 2b m n 2p r 0 0 m n 0 r<br />

i m 2c 2s t 2u i m 0 0 t 0<br />

j n 2s 2d v 2w j n 0 0 v 0<br />

2k 2p t v 2f z 0 0 t v 0 z<br />

l r 2u 2w z 2g l r 0 0 z 0<br />

0 0 i j 0 l 2a 2h i j 2k l<br />

0 0 m n 0 r 2h 2b m n 2p r<br />

i m 0 0 t 0 i m 2c 2s t 2u<br />

j n 0 0 v 0 j n 2s 2d v 2w<br />

0 0 t v 0 z 2k 2p t v 2f z<br />

l r 0 0 z 0 l r 2u 2w z 2g<br />

⎞<br />

⎟ .<br />

⎟<br />

⎠<br />

(2.22)<br />

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