Integrated photon pair source for SOI-based quantum optics

Author

Clemmen, S. ; Huy, K. Phan ; Bogaerts, W. ; Baets, R.G. ; Emplit, Ph ; Massar, S.

Author_Institution

Lab. d´´Inf. Quantique, Univ. Libre de Bruxelles (U.L.B.), Brussels, Belgium

fYear

2009

fDate

14-19 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

This study demonstrates photon pair generation (PPG) through third order nonlinear interaction between a silicon straight waveguide (Si-w) and a pulsed beam. The experiment is performed in a continuous regime, to avoid any synchronization between detectors and laser and to allow for much cheaper laser sources. Results show that the flux of generated pairs and the signal-to-noise ratio are limited by the outcoupling loss and detector inefficiency.

Keywords

integrated optics; light sources; optical losses; optical waveguides; quantum optics; silicon-on-insulator; SOI; Si; detector inefficiency; integrated photon pair source; laser sources; outcoupling loss; photon pair generation; pulsed beam; quantum optics; signal-to-noise ratio; silicon straight waveguide; third order nonlinear interaction; Detectors; Integrated optics; Laser beams; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical waveguides; Signal generators; Signal to noise ratio; Silicon; Waveguide lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4079-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4080-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5191643

Filename

5191643