Title :
Continuous wave correlated photon pairs generation in quasi-phase-matched superlattice AlGaAs waveguides
Author :
Sarrafi, Peyman ; Zhu, Eric ; Dolgaleva, Ksenia ; Holmes, B.M. ; Hutchings, D.C. ; Aitchison, Stewart ; Qian, Liejia
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
We report the first demonstration of CW-pumped correlated photon-pair generation in an AlGaAs waveguide with a coincidence-to-accidental ratio > 100. This is about two orders of magnitude greater than previously reported in AlGaAs waveguides.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; optical multilayers; optical phase matching; optical waveguides; quantum optics; superlattices; AlGaAs; CW-pumped correlated photon-pair generation; coincidence-to-accidental ratio; continuous wave correlated photon pairs generation; quasiphase-matched superlattice AlGaAs waveguides; Band-pass filters; Frequency conversion; Optical fiber filters; Optical fibers; Photonics; Superlattices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
