• DocumentCode
    500201
  • Title

    Photon pair generation via spontaneous four-wave mixing in birefringent optical fibers

  • Author

    Smith, Brian J. ; Mahou, Pierre ; Cohen, Offir ; Lundeen, Jeff S. ; Walmsley, Ian A.

  • Author_Institution
    Clarendon Lab., Univ. of Oxford, Oxford, UK
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We experimentally demonstrate photon pair production in standard single-mode optical fibers via spontaneous four-wave mixing. The process utilizes birefringent phase matching to control the photon pair joint spectral structure.
  • Keywords
    birefringence; multiwave mixing; optical fibres; optical phase matching; quantum optics; spectral analysis; birefringent optical fiber; birefringent phase matching; photon pair generation; photon pair joint spectral structure control; spontaneous four-wave mixing; standard single-mode optical fibers; Birefringence; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; (190.4380) Nonlinear optics, four-wave mixing; (270.0270) Quantum Optics;
  • 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
    5225583