Author:Romero, J; Giovannini, D; McLaren, MG; Galvez, EJ; Forbes, A; Padgett, MJDate:Aug 2012We report orbital angular momentum (OAM) and angle correlations between signal and idler photons observed when the nonlinear crystal used in spontaneous parametric down-conversion is illuminated by a non-fundamental Gaussian pump beam. We ...Read more
Author:McLaren, M; Romero, J; Giovannini, D; Galvez, EJ; Padgett, MJ; Forbes, ADate:Jul 2013Typically, a Gaussian mode is used to pump a non-linear crystal to produce pairs of entangled photons. We demonstrate orbital angular momentum (OAM) entanglement when a non-fundamental mode is used to pump a non-linear crystal. An approximation ...Read more