Title :
Wide-span and thermoelectrically-tunable photon pairs from a silicon nanophotonic chip
Author :
Kumar, Ravindra ; Jun Rong Ong ; Srinivasan, K. ; Mookherjea, Shayan
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate tunable-wavelength, high-brightness photon pairs in multiple lines of a frequency comb, giving the capability to generate photon pairs at arbitrary telecommunications-band wavelengths from a compact CMOS-compatible silicon chip.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; electro-optical effects; integrated optics; nanophotonics; optical tuning; silicon; thermo-optical effects; thermoelectricity; Si; compact CMOS-compatible silicon chip; frequency comb; high-brightness photon pairs; silicon nanophotonic chip; telecommunication band wavelengths; thermoelectrically-tunable photon pairs; tunable-wavelength photon pairs; wide-span photon pairs; Decision support systems;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
