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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC)

Photon pair source based on periodically poled twin-hole silica fibre

Kien Phan Huy, Anh Tuan Nguyen, Edouard Brainis, Marc Haelterman, Ph. Emplit, Costantino Corbari, Albert Canagasabey, Peter G. Kazansky, Olivier Deparis, Andrei A. Fotiadi, Patrice Mégret, Serge Massar

Published Jun 1, 2007• 0 citations
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Abstract

In this paper we report the experimental observation of photon pair generation in periodically poled twin-hole silica fibre. Compared with periodically poled D-shape fibres, twin-hole fibres have important advantages: direct splicing to standard fibres is possible; as well as periodic poling technology compatible with tens of centimetres of interaction length, thus potentially ensuring higher conversion.

DOI
10.1109/cleoe-iqec.2007.4386893

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