Title :
Narrowband source of correlated photon pairs via four-wave mixing in a cold atomic ensemble
Author :
Srivathsan, Bharath ; Gulati, Gurpreet Kaur ; Brenda, Chng Mei Yuen ; Maslennikov, Gleb ; Matsukevich, Dzmitry ; Cere, Alessandro ; Kurtsiefer, Christian
Author_Institution :
Center for Quantum Technol., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
We demonstrate a bright and narrowband source of time-correlated photon pairs of wavelength 762nm and 795nm generated via four-wave mixing in cold Rubidium-87 atoms using a cascade decay level scheme.
Keywords :
laser cooling; multiwave mixing; optical correlation; quantum optics; rubidium; 87Rb; bright source; cascade decay level scheme; cold rubidium-87 atoms; four-wave mixing; narrowband source; time-correlated photon pairs; wavelength 762 nm; wavelength 795 nm; Atom optics; Atomic beams; Four-wave mixing; Narrowband; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
