Broadly tunable photon pair generation in a suspended-core fiber
Abstract
Nowadays fiber biphoton sources are nearly as popular as crystal-based ones. They offer a single spatial mode and easy integrability into optical networks. However, fiber sources lack the broad tunability of crystals, which do not require a tunable pump. Here, we report a broadly tunable biphoton source based on a suspended core fiber. This is achieved by introducing pressurized gas into the fibers hollow channels, changing the step index. The mechanism circumvents the need for a tunable pump laser, making this a broadly tunable fiber biphoton source with a convenient tuning mechanism, comparable to crystals. We report a continuous shift of 0.30THz/bar of the sidebands, using up to 25bar of argon.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1911.01228,
title = {Broadly tunable photon pair generation in a suspended-core fiber},
author = {Jonas Hammer and Maria V. Chekhova and Daniel R. Häupl and Riccardo Pennetta and Nicolas Y. Joly},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.01228},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
5 pages, 4 Figures 07. March 2020: Updated to preprint version