1. Experimental limit on Spontaneous Parametric Up Conversion
- Author
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Marco Genovese, C. Novero, Marco Gramegna, and Giorgio Brida
- Subjects
Physics ,Quantum Physics ,Ccd camera ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Laser ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics ,law.invention ,Formalism (philosophy of mathematics) ,Spontaneous parametric down-conversion ,law ,Wigner distribution function ,Up conversion ,Atomic physics ,Quantum Physics (quant-ph) ,Parametric statistics - Abstract
We present a first experimental test of the existence of Spontaneus Parametric Up Conversion, predicted by a specific local realistic model based on Wigner function formalism. The measurement has been made using a ccd camera on the emission of a LiIO3 crystal pumped by a 351 nm and/or a 789 (1064) nm lasers. We obtain an upper limit of 160 times on the ratio between intensity of Spontaneus Parametric Up Conversion and Spontaneous Parametric Down conversion.
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- 2003