Bragg reflection waveguides: A novel platform for enhanced control of photon-pair generation via spontaneous parametric down conversion

Author

Abolghasem, Payam ; Shi, Xiaojuan ; Hendrych, Martin ; Torres, Juan P. ; Helmy, Amr S.

Author_Institution

EdwardS. Rogers Sr. Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Spontaneous-parametric down-conversion bandwidth control between 7 nm to 676 nm is reported in an integrated source of frequency anti-correlated photon-pairs using type-I and type-II phase-matched Al_xGa_1-xAs Bragg reflection waveguide.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; integrated optics; optical control; optical correlation; optical frequency conversion; optical phase matching; optical waveguides; quantum optics; Al_xGa_1-xAs; Bragg reflection waveguide; anticorrelated photon-pair generation; integrated source; optical control; spontaneous parametric down conversion; type-II phase-matching; Bandwidth; Frequency conversion; Integrated optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical control; Optical reflection; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Photonics Society; Semiconductor waveguides; (190.4390) Nonlinear optics, integrated optics; (190.4410) Nonlinear optics, parametric processes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225501