• Acta Photonica Sinica
  • Vol. 49, Issue 10, 1019001 (2020)
Yuan-dong QIAN1、2, Mao-peng XIA1、*, Jian-jun LI1, Wen-chao ZHAI1, and Ming-ming XU1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Optical Calibration and Characterization,Anhui Institute of Optical and Fine Mechanics,Chinese Academy of Science,Hefei 230031,China
  • 2University of Science and Technology of China,Hefei 230026,China
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    DOI: 10.3788/gzxb20204910.1019001 Cite this Article
    Yuan-dong QIAN, Mao-peng XIA, Jian-jun LI, Wen-chao ZHAI, Ming-ming XU. Effect of Temperature on the Output Angle and Conversion Efficiency of Parametric Down Conversion[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2020, 49(10): 1019001 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The effect of temperature change of BBO nonlinear crystal on the photon output angle and conversion efficiency of spontaneous parametric down-conversion is studied, so as to obtain the appropriate operating temperature of BBO nonlinear crystal and reduce the influence of temperature on the long-term stability of the system. The crystal clamping and temperature control system is designed according to the experimental requirements, and the feasibility and reliability of the system are guaranteed by ANSYS thermal analysis. After that, by changing the crystal heating temperature, the relevant photon output angle and the change curve of photon number rate with temperature under different beam masses were measured under the temperature control accuracy of no less than ±0.03℃. The results show that with the increase of crystal temperature, the output angle of relevant photon decreases proportionally with the change of temperature, which is consistent with the theoretical calculation results. Meanwhile, the increase of BBO crystal temperature from 25℃ to 55℃ can increase the photon rate of poor beam quality by about 34%, and the subsequent temperature increase in a small range will greatly increase the background noise of measurement while increasing the photon rate. Based on the comprehensive results, it can be seen that the temperature used by BBO crystal in the working process should be 55℃.
    Yuan-dong QIAN, Mao-peng XIA, Jian-jun LI, Wen-chao ZHAI, Ming-ming XU. Effect of Temperature on the Output Angle and Conversion Efficiency of Parametric Down Conversion[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2020, 49(10): 1019001
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