Optimal focusing conditions for bright spontaneous parametric down-conversion sources

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2302.01118v2
• Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2023 12:59:53 GMT
• Title: Optimal focusing conditions for bright spontaneous parametric down-conversion sources
• Authors: Lorenzo Coccia, Alberto Santamato, Giuseppe Vallone, Paolo Villoresi
• Abstract summary: We investigate the optimal focusing conditions to maximize the number of photons produced in an SPDC process and coupled with single-mode fibers. We show that the optimal ratio between the pump waist and the generated photons waist depends on the emission angle. For this type of emission, we also investigate the role of the transverse walk-off outside the thin crystal regime.
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• Abstract: Optimizing the brightness of a spontaneous parametric down conversion (SPDC) source is an important task for many quantum information applications. We investigate the optimal focusing conditions to maximize the number of photons produced in an SPDC process and coupled with single-mode fibers. We provide a general expression for the two-photon wavefunction, generalizing previous known results, by considering collinear and non-collinear emission. We present analytical expressions for our results in the thin crystal limit and clarify the relation between different focusing conditions already existing in the literature. Differently from what was previously reported, we show that the optimal ratio between the pump waist and the generated photons waist depends on the emission angle: It is $1/\sqrt2$ for collinear degenerate emission and approaches $1/2$ for larger collection angles. The role of spectral filters is also analyzed. We support and enrich our discussion with numerical simulations, performed for type-I SPDC in a $\beta$ barium borate crystal. For this type of emission, we also investigate the role of the transverse walk-off outside the thin crystal regime.

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