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Bulk contribution from isotropic media in surface sum-frequency generation

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 66:20 (2002) 2051101-2051107

Authors:

H Held, AI Lvovsky, X Wei, YR Shen

Abstract:

We present systematic conceptual and experimental investigations of the bulk contribution to surface sum-frequency generation (SFG) from an isotropic medium. A practical method for the analysis of spectra obtained in a transmission geometry is presented which allows to estimate the bulk contribution in any future application. A systematic degeneracy due to the molecular nature of the material is found which makes a subtle interpretation of transmission experiments necessary. Practical consequences for the analysis of typical SFG spectra are discussed.

Bulk contribution from isotropic media in surface sum-frequency generation

Physical Review B American Physical Society (APS) 66:20 (2002) 205110

Authors:

H Held, AI Lvovsky, X Wei, YR Shen
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Quantum scissors: teleportation of single-mode optical states by means of a nonlocal single photon

(2002)

Authors:

SA Babichev, J Ries, AI Lvovsky
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Synthesis and tomographic characterization of the displaced Fock state of light

Physical Review A American Physical Society (APS) 66:1 (2002) 011801

Authors:

AI Lvovsky, SA Babichev
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Quantum-optical catalysis: Generating nonclassical states of light by means of linear optics

Physical Review Letters 88:25 I (2002) 2504011-2504014

Authors:

AI Lvovsky, J Mlynek

Abstract:

The preparation and characterization of a new quantum state of light, a coherent superposition of the single-photon and vaccum states was discussed. This state was generalized by a catalytic process in which the single photon state enabled the interaction without being affected. A transition between a highly classical and a highly nonclassical state of light occurred by changing the amplitude of the target coherent state.
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