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Abstract

We continue the study of parametric down conversion within the framework of the Wigner representation, by using a Maxwellian approach developed in a recent paper [A. Casado et al., Eur. Phys. J. D 11, 465 (2000)]. This gives a mechanism, inside the crystal, for the production of the down-converted radiation. We obtain the electric field to second order in the coupling constant by using the Green's function method, and compare our treatment with the standard Hamiltonian approach. The spectrum of the down-converted radiation is calculated as a function of the parameters of the nonlinear crystal (in particular the length) and the radius of the pumping beam.

PACS. 42.50.Ar Photon statistics and coherence theory - 03.65.Sq Semiclassical theories and applications - 42.50.Lc Quantum fluctuations, quantum noise, and quantum jumps

Received 15 May 2000

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