Efficient Triplet Generation in a Resonator

Samuel E. Fontaine, Colin Vendromin, Marco Liscidini, J. E. Sipe, Milica Banić

Published Jan 1, 2025• 0 citations

Abstract

We show that efficient generation of photon triplets from integrated resonant structures is possible. The genuinely tripartite entangled triplets are generated by cascading spontaneous parametric down-conversion and four-wave mixing.

DOI: 10.1364/cleo_fs.2025.ff143_4

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