Photon pair generation in nonlinear adiabatic waveguiding structures

Che Wen Wu, Alexander S. Solntsev, Dragomir N. Neshev, Andrey A. Sukhorukov, Yuri S. Kivshar

Published Jan 1, 2013• 0 citations

Abstract

We propose a novel scheme for broadband generation of photon pairs combined with efficient spatial pump filtering. This is achieved through spontaneous parametric down-conversion in a system of nonlinear adiabatically coupled waveguides.

DOI: 10.1364/cleo_qels.2013.qth1e.2

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