Title :
Correlated photon-pair generation in an ultra-compact silicon photonic crystal waveguide
Author :
Monat, Christelle ; Clark, Alex ; Xiong, Chunle ; Grillet, Christian ; Marshall, Graham ; Steel, Michael J. ; Li, Juntao ; O´Faolain, Liam ; Krauss, Thomas F. ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Ultrahigh Bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst. (CUDOS), Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
We generate correlated photon pairs in the telecom band from an 80 μm long dispersion-engineered silicon photonic crystal waveguide. The spontaneous four-wave mixing process producing the photon pairs is enhanced by slow light propagation.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical dispersion; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; silicon; slow light; Si; correlated photon pair generation; long dispersion engineered silicon photonic crystal waveguide; size 80 mum; slow light propagation; spontaneous four wave mixing process; telecom band; ultracompact silicon photonic crystal waveguide; Band pass filters; Detectors; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Photonics; Silicon; Slow light;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
