• DocumentCode
    689857
  • Title

    Engineered phase-matching for quantum photonics

  • Author

    Dixon, P. Ben ; Shapiro, Jeffrey H. ; Wong, Franco N. C.

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate Gaussian-shaped quasi-phase matching of a nonlinear optical crystal via custom duty-cycle modulation on its grating structure. Our analysis shows this crystal can generate heralded single photons with 97% spectral purity.
  • Keywords
    Gaussian processes; diffraction gratings; optical modulation; optical phase matching; quantum optics; Gaussian-shaped quasiphase matching; custom duty-cycle modulation; grating structure; heralded single photon generation; nonlinear optical crystal; quantum photonics; Crystals; Gratings; Numerical models; Optical frequency conversion; Optical pumping; Photonics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6834247