Tunable diode laser based biphoton source for quantum spectroscopy

Author

Jechow, Andreas ; Heuer, Axel ; Menzel, Ralf

Author_Institution

Inst. for Phys., Div. of Photonics, Univ. of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

fYear

2009

fDate

14-19 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Photon pairs generated by spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) are essential for a number of quantum-optics experiments. By utilizing periodically poled (PP) waveguide structures high flux rates of biphotons in one transversal mode can be obtained. The biphoton source presented here is explicitly designed for quantum spectroscopic application and is based on a frequency doubled broad area external cavity diode laser (BA-ECDL) that pumps SPDC inside a PPLN waveguide crystal. A time correlated single photon counting device has been used for the correlation measurements.

Keywords

laser cavity resonators; laser modes; laser tuning; optical materials; optical pumping; optical waveguides; photon counting; semiconductor lasers; PPLN waveguide crystal; biphoton source; frequency doubled broad area external cavity diode laser; periodically poled waveguide structure; quantum spectroscopy; single photon counting device; spontaneous parametric down-conversion; tunable diode laser; Avalanche photodiodes; Diode lasers; Frequency; Optical coupling; Optical design; Optical fiber devices; Photonic crystals; Physics; Spectroscopy; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4079-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4080-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192142

Filename

5192142