title: Photon number statistics of multimode parametric down-conversion.
abstract: We experimentally analyze the complete photon number statistics of parametric down-conversion and ascertain the influence of multimode effects. Our results clearly reveal a difference between single-mode theoretical description and the measured distributions. Further investigations assure the applicability of loss-tolerant photon number reconstruction and prove strict photon number correlation between signal and idler modes.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck Research Group, Günther-Scharowsky-Strasse 1/Bau 24, Erlangen, Germany. mavenhaus@optik.uni-erlangen.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Avenhaus
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Coldenstrodt-Ronge
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Laiho
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mauerer
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Walmsley
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Silberhorn