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We study the interference structure of the second-order intensity correlation function for polarization-entangled two-photon light obtained from type II collinear frequency-degenerate spontaneous parametric down conversion (SPDC). The structure is visualized due to the spreading of the two-photon amplitude as two-photon light propagates through optical fiber with group-velocity dispersion (GVD). Because of the spreading, polarization-entangled Bell states can be obtained without any birefringence compensation at the output of the nonlinear crystal. Instead, proper time selection of the intensity correlation function is required. A birefringent material inserted at the output of the nonlinear crystal (either reducing the initial e-o delay between the oppositely polarized twin photons or increasing this delay) leads to a more complicated interference structure of the correlation function.
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Brida, G., Genovese, M., Krivitsky, L.A. et al. Dispersion spreading of polarization-entangled states of light and two-photon interference. Laser Phys. 17, 567–575 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1054660X0704041X
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