Phys. Rev. A 67, 043809 (2003) [4 pages]Generation of photon pairs using polarization-dependent two-photon absorptionReceived 3 October 2002; published 11 April 2003 We propose a 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. © 2003 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.67.043809
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.67.043809
PACS:
42.50.Dv, 32.80.-t
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