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Quantum Photon-Pair Generation in Silicon Core Fibers

Davide Rizzotti, Stefano Signorini, C. M. Harvey, Michael Fokine, Valerio Pruneri

Published Jan 1, 2025• 0 citations
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Abstract

We report, to the best of our knowledge, the first demonstration of a telecom photon-pair source based on a silicon core fiber, published by Rizzotti, et al., APL photonics 9 (2024). The 58 mm long fiber works at room temperature and shows brightness and coincidence-to-accidental ratio comparable to state-of-the-art.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_at.2025.jps200_183

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