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Frontiers in Optics

Photon Pairs with Tailored Spectral Properties Generated from Photonic Crystal Fiber

Xiaoying Li, Liang Cui, Ningbo Zhao

Published Jan 1, 2010• 2 citations
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Abstract

Signal and idler photon pairs at about 0.8 and 1.4 μm, respectively, are generated from 1-meter-long photonic crystal fiber. By using pump pulses with different wavelengths, frequency positively correlated and de-correlated photon pairs are obtained.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2010.fmf4

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