Title :
Highly efficient generation of narrow-band single-mode photon pairs from a whispering gallery mode resonator
Author :
Förtsch, Michael ; Schunk, Gerhard ; Furst, Josef ; Sedlmeir, Florian ; Strekalov, Dmitry ; Schwefel, Harald G. L. ; Gerrits, Thomas ; Stevens, Martin J. ; Nam, Seokho ; Leuchs, Gerd ; Marquardt, Christoph
Author_Institution :
Max Planck Inst. for the Sci. of Light, Erlangen, Germany
Abstract :
We present a highly efficient narrow-band pair-photon source based on a crystalline whispering gallery mode resonator, which emits photons in exactly one spatiotemporal mode.
Keywords :
optical parametric devices; optical resonators; spatiotemporal phenomena; whispering gallery modes; crystalline whispering gallery mode resonator; highly efficient generation; narrow-band single-mode photon pairs; narrow-hand resonator-assisted spontaneous parametric down-conversion; spatiotemporal mode; Correlation; Geometry; Optical frequency conversion; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
