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Efficient Photon Pair Generation in Thin-film Lithium Niobate Microring Resonators

Zhaohui Ma, Jia‐Yang Chen, Yong Meng Sua, Zhan Li, Chao Tang, Yu‐Ping Huang

Published Jan 1, 2020• 0 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrate a high purity photon pair source via parametric downcon-version in a chip-integrated lithium niobate racetrack microring resonator, observing high brightness of 6.4 MHz mW − 1 GHz − 1 at 2350 coincidence-to-accidental ratio.
DOI
10.1364/quantum.2020.qm6b.2

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