Title :
Biological source of correlated photon pairs
Author :
Thomas, Abu ; Si-Yuan Shi ; Corzo, Neil ; Altepeter, Joe ; Yu-Ping Huang ; Kumar, Pranaw
Author_Institution :
EECS Dept., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA
Abstract :
Photon pairs sources based on nonlinear optical techniques are essential components in modern quantum optical systems. We present here a naturally occurring biological source of photon pairs - Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) - obtained by a non-degenerate four-wave mixing (FWM).
Keywords :
bio-optics; fluorescence; multiwave mixing; proteins; quantum optics; biological source; correlated photon pairs; green fluorescent protein; nondegenerate four-wave mixing; nonlinear optical techniques; quantum systems; Biomedical optical imaging; Optical imaging; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Photonics; Proteins;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
