Slow light enhanced correlated photon pair generation in photonic-crystal coupled-resonator optical waveguides
Quantum Physics
2013-04-04 v1 Optics
Abstract
We demonstrate the generation of quantum-correlated photon pairs from a Si photonic-crystal coupled-resonator optical waveguide. A slow-light supermode realized by the collective resonance of high-Q and small-mode-volume photonic-crystal cavities successfully enhanced the efficiency of the spontaneous four-wave mixing process. The generation rate of photon pairs was improved by two orders of magnitude compared with that of a photonic-crystal line defect waveguide without a slow-light effect.
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@article{arxiv.1304.0843,
title = {Slow light enhanced correlated photon pair generation in photonic-crystal coupled-resonator optical waveguides},
author = {Nobuyuki Matsuda and Hiroki Takesue and Kaoru Shimizu and Yasuhiro Tokura and Eiichi Kuramochi and Masaya Notomi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.0843},
year = {2013}
}
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14 pages, 4 figures