Title :
Photon-pair comb generation in a Silicon microdisk resonator
Author :
Jiang, Wei C. ; Xiyuan Lu ; Jidong Zhang ; Painter, Oskar ; Qiang Lin
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Opt., Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate an on-chip single photon source that produces ultra-bright high-purity photon pairs in a comb fashion, achieving a spectral brightness of 6.24×107 pair/s/mW2/GHz which is the highest performance reported up to date.
Keywords :
brightness; light sources; microcavities; optical resonators; quantum optics; silicon; silicon-on-insulator; two-photon processes; on-chip single photon source; photon-pair comb generation; silicon microdisk resonator; spectral brightness; ultrabright high-purity photon pairs; Brightness; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Optimized production technology; Photonics; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
