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Towards third-order parametric down-conversion in optical fibers

Quantum Physics 2020-04-08 v1 Optics

Abstract

Optical fibers have been considered an optimal platform for third-order parametric down-conversion since they can potentially overcome the weak third-order nonlinearity by their long interaction length. Here we present, in the first part, a theoretical derivation for the conversion rate both in the case of spontaneous generation and in the presence of a seed beam. Then we review three types of optical fibers and we examine their properties in terms of conversion efficiency and practical feasibility.

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@article{arxiv.1910.02701,
  title  = {Towards third-order parametric down-conversion in optical fibers},
  author = {Andrea Cavanna and Jonas Hammer and Cameron Okoth and Erasto Ortiz-Ricardo and Hector Cruz-Ramirez and Karina Garay-Palmett and Alfred B. U'Ren and Michael H. Frosz and Xin Jiang and Nicolas Y. Joly and Maria V. Chekhova},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.02701},
  year   = {2020}
}
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