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Angular Schmidt modes in spontaneous parametric down-conversion
We report a proof-of-principle experiment demonstrating that appropriately chosen set of Hermite-Gaussian modes constitutes a Schmidt decomposition for transverse momentum states of biphotons generated in the process of spontaneous parametric down-conversion. We experimentally realize projective measurements in the Schmidt basis and observe correlations between appropriate pairs of modes. We perform …