Title :
Efficient single-photon frequency upconversion at telecommunication wavelengths with Ti-indiffused periodically-poled LiNbO3 waveguides
Author :
Zhenda Xie ; Kai-Hong Luo ; Herrmann, Harald ; Silberhorn, Christine ; Chee Wei Wong
Author_Institution :
Opt. Nanostruct. Lab., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate single-photon frequency-upconversion using a titanium-infused periodically-poled lithium niobate waveguide by L-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier pump. Internal efficiencies up to 84.4% and dark-count rate of 44kHz are achieved with narrowband filtering down to 3.5GHz.
Keywords :
erbium; lithium compounds; optical fibre amplifiers; optical filters; optical frequency conversion; optical pumping; optical waveguides; titanium; L-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier pump; LiNbO3:Ti; Ti-indiffused periodically-poled LiNbO3 waveguides; dark-count rate; efficient single-photon frequency upconversion; frequency 3.5 GHz; frequency 44 kHz; internal efficiencies; narrowband filter; telecommunication wavelengths; Filtering; Gratings; Optical attenuators; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Power measurement; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
