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Parametric down-conversion in photonic crystal waveguides

Quantum Physics 2009-11-11 v2

Abstract

Photonic crystals create dramatic new possibilities for nonlinear optics. Line defects are shown to support modes suitable for the production of pairs of photons by the material's second order nonlinearity even if the phase-matching conditions cannot be satisfied in the bulk. These structures offer the flexibility to achieve specific dispersion characteristics and potentially very high brightness. In this work, two phase matching schemes are identified and analyzed regarding their dispersive properties.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0508179,
  title  = {Parametric down-conversion in photonic crystal waveguides},
  author = {Gregor Weihs},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0508179},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

Due to a miscommunication the unrevised version of this paper was published instead of this one. v2 has quite some modifications and corrections. 7 pages, 4 figures