Title :
Type-0 Spontaneous Parametric Down Conversion in AlGaAs Bragg Reflection Waveguides
Author :
Horn, R.T. ; Abolghasem, P. ; Bijlani, B. ; Helmy, A.S. ; Weihs, G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Abstract :
By analyzing the time correlation between two single photon detector events, we demonstrate Spontaneous Parametric Down Conversion of a picosecond pulsed laser in an AlGaAs ridge Bragg Reflection Waveguide.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; high-speed optical techniques; light reflection; optical frequency conversion; optical waveguides; photodetectors; ridge waveguides; AlGaAs; picosecond pulsed laser; ridge Bragg reflection waveguide; single photon detector; time correlation analysis; type-0 spontaneous parametric down conversion; Detectors; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Semiconductor waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
