Title :
Enhancing the heralded single photon rate from a silicon photonic chip by pump pulse interleaving
Author :
He, J. ; Zhang, X. ; Jizan, I. ; Clark, A.S. ; Choi, D.-Y. ; Chae, C.J. ; Eggleton, B.J. ; Xiong, C.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Ultrahigh Bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst. (CUDOS), Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
We demonstrate heralded single photon source on a silicon photonic chip by a pump interleaving technique. We have achieved 90±5% enhancement to single photon rate with only 14±2% reduction in quantum signal to noise ratio.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optoelectronics; optical noise; optical pumping; quantum noise; quantum optics; silicon; Si; heralded single photon rate; heralded single photon source; pump pulse interleaving; quantum signal-to-noise ratio; silicon photonic chip; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Detectors; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Photonics; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
