 N. Boeuf

N. Boeuf and collaborators developed calculations of non-collinear phase matching in uniaxial and biaxial nonlinear crystals. The NIST-hosted 1999 draft extended calculations beyond cases where interacting waves all propagate along one line.^[ref]

For spontaneous parametric down-conversion, the pump, signal and idler satisfy ${\omega }_p={\omega }_s+{\omega }_i$ and ${\mathbf{k}}_p={\mathbf{k}}_s+{\mathbf{k}}_i$. The second condition is a vector relation, so crystal anisotropy and propagation angles jointly constrain possible outputs. Solving only the frequency equation does not establish an efficient optical interaction.