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
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