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International Conference Laser Optics (ICLO)

Biphoton generation and pump filtering in nonlinear adiabatic waveguiding structures

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

Published Jun 1, 2014• 0 citations
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Abstract

We develop a novel integrated scheme for on-chip generation of Bell states, which allows simultaneous spatial filtering of pump photons. It is achieved through spontaneous parametric down-conversion in a system of nonlinear adiabatically coupled waveguides. Importantly, the adiabatic couplers maintain the purity of generated Bell states in a relatively fabrication-fault-tolerant way.

DOI
10.1109/lo.2014.6886411

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