Title :
Heralded single photons from a silicon nanophotonic chip
Author :
Ong, Jun Rong ; Davanco, Marcelo ; Shehata, Andrea Bahgat ; Tosi, Alberto ; Agha, Imad ; Assefa, Solomon ; Xia, Fengnian ; Vlasov, Yurii A. ; Green, William M J ; Srinivasan, Kartik ; Mookherjea, Shayan
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
A highly nonlinear (γ≈3700/W·m) silicon coupled-resonator-optical-waveguide generated heralded single photons (g(2) (0) ≤ 0.19 ±0.03) and widely-spaced photon pairs with coincidences-to-accidentals ratio >;10 (cw) and >;23 (pulsed), and outperformed a 54× longer silicon nanophotonic waveguide.
Keywords :
integrated optics; nanophotonics; optical couplers; optical resonators; optical waveguides; silicon; Si; coincidences-to-accidentals ratio; highly nonlinear silicon coupled-resonator-optical-waveguide; photon pairs; silicon nanophotonic chip; single photons; Band pass filters; Optical fiber filters; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Resonator filters; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
