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Atom-mediated nonlinear photon-pair generation using photonic band-gap modes

Sina Saravi, Alexander N. Poddubny, Thomas Pertsch, Frank Setzpfandt, Andrey A. Sukhorukov

Published Jan 1, 2019• 0 citations
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Abstract

By coupling a photonic band-gap mode to a 2-level emitter, we enable the otherwise forbidden photon-pair generation by spontaneous parametric down-conversion in the nonlinear photonic system, leading to excitation of the atom and single-photon emission.
DOI
10.1364/qim.2019.f5a.61

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