Title :
Optically tunable entangled photon state generation in a nonlinear directional coupler
Author :
Setzpfandt, Frank ; Solntsev, Alexander S. ; Titchener, James ; Che Wen Wu ; Chunle Xiong ; Pertsch, Thomas ; Schiek, Roland ; Neshev, Dragomir N. ; Sukhorukov, Andrey A.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Ultrahigh Bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst. (CUDOS) & Nonlinear Phys. Centre, Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
Abstract :
We propose and experimentally demonstrate an all-optically tunable biphoton quantum light source using a nonlinear directional coupler. The source can generate high-fidelity N00N states, completely split states, and states with variable degrees of entanglement.
Keywords :
integrated optics; nonlinear optics; optical directional couplers; optical tuning; quantum entanglement; quantum optics; all-optically tunable biphoton quantum light source; high-fidelity N00N states; nonlinear directional coupler; optically tunable entangled photon state generation; split states; Frequency conversion; Interference; Nonlinear optics; Optical coupling; Optical pumping; Photonics; System-on-chip;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
