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On-chip bright quantum sources with multiplexing ability are extremely high in demand for the integrated quantum networks with unprecedented scalability and complexity. Here, we demonstrate an ultrabright and broadband biphoton quantum…

We introduce a new kind of spontaneous four wave mixing process for the generation of photon pairs, in which the four waves involved counter-propagate in a guided-wave \chi^{(3)} medium; we refer to this process as counter-propagating…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-23 Jorge Monroy-Ruz , Karina Garay-Palmett , Alfred B. U'Ren

We present a method for the generation of correlated photon pairs in desired orbital-angular-momentum states using a non-linear silica ring fiber and spontaneous parametric down-conversion. Photon-pair emission under quasi-phase-matching…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-19 Dalibor Javůrek , Jiří Svozilík , Jan Peřina

We suggest the generation of photon pairs in a thermally induced nonlinear periodically-poled silica fiber by spontaneous parametric down-conversion. Photons are generated directly in eigenstates of optical angular momentum. Photons in a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-01 D. Javůrek , J. Svozilík , J. Peřina

We study theoretically the generation of photon pairs with controlled spectral correlations via the four-wave mixing (FWM) process in graded-index multimode optical fibers (GIMFs). We show that the quantum correlations of the generated…

Optics · Physics 2018-05-09 Hamed Pourbeyram , Arash Mafi

We consider the effect of self-phase modulation and cross-phase modulation on the joint spectral amplitude of photon pairs generated by spontaneous four-wave mixing. In particular, the purity of a heralded photon from a pair is considered,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-11-25 Bryn Bell , Alex McMillan , Will McCutcheon , John Rarity

Photon-pair sources based on spontaneous four-wave mixing (SFWM) in integrated photonics are often spectrally static. We demonstrate and model a fundamental thermo-optical mechanism that modulates photon-pair generation in amorphous silicon…

We experimentally generate a non-classical correlated two-color photon pair at 780 and 1529.4 nm in a ladder-type configuration using a hot 85Rb atomic vapor with the production rate of ~107/s. The non-classical correlation between these…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-05-03 Dong-Sheng Ding , Zhi-Yuan Zhou , Bao-Sen Shi , Xu-Bo Zou , Guang-Can Guo

We report the generation of biphotons, with a temporal full width at the half maximum (FWHM) of 13.4$\pm$0.3 $\mu$s and a spectral FWHM of 50$\pm$1 kHz, via the process of spontaneous four-wave mixing. The temporal width is the longest, and…

We consider the electromagnetic vacuum field inside a perfect plane cavity with moving mirrors, in the nonrelativistic approximation. We show that low frequency photons are generated in pairs that satisfy simple properties associated to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 D. F. Mundarain , P. A. Maia Neto

We demonstrate the generation of quantum-correlated photon-pairs combined with the spectral filtering of the pump field by more than 95dB using Bragg reflectors and electrically tunable ring resonators. Moreover, we perform demultiplexing…

Efficient on-chip entangled photon pair generation at telecom wavelengths is an integral aspect of emerging quantum optical technologies, particularly for quantum communication and computing. However, moving to shorter wavelengths enables…

Efficiently generating photon pairs with high heralding efficiency and high single photon purity that are bandwidth matched to quantum emitters, quantum memories, and other matter-based qubits is critical for quantum networking…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-21 Ashwith Prabhu , Elizabeth A. Goldschmidt

We describe the generation of correlated photon pairs by means of spontaneous parametric down-conversion of an optical pump in the form of a finite energy Airy beam. The optical system function, which contributes to the propagation of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-10 V. Sau , R. Giustozzi , P. Piergentili , D. Vitali , G. Di Giuseppe , S. Ghosh , U. Roy

Generation of nonclassical light is an essential tool for quantum optics research and applications in quantum information technology. We present realization of the source of nonclassically correlated photon pairs based on the process of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-12-05 L. Podhora , P. Obšil , I. Straka , M. Ježek , L. Slodička

Sources of broadband quantum correlated photons present a valuable resource for quantum metrology, sensing, and communication. Here, we report the generation of spectrally broadband correlated photons from frequency nondegenerate…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-14 Zi S. D. Toa , Anna V. Paterova , Leonid A. Krivitsky

Generating photon pairs via spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) in nonlinear crystals is important for a wide range of quantum optics experiments with spectral properties such as their bandwidths often being a crucial concern.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-06-18 Aron Vanselow , Paul Kaufmann , Helen M. Chrzanowski , Sven Ramelow

We investigate a method to produce photon pairs by four-wave mixing in photonic crystal fibers (PCFs). By controlling the wavelength of the pump light, which determines the phase matching condition for four-wave mixing, we can obtain a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-06-16 Toshihiro Nakanishi , Kazuo Sakemi , Hirokazu Kobayashi , Kazuhiko Sugiyama , Masao Kitano

This work demonstrates the capabilities of an entangled photon-pair source at telecom wavelengths, based on a photonic integrated Si$_3$N$_4$ microresonator with monolithically integrated piezoelectric frequency tuning. Previously,…

Pairs of entangled photons are crucial for photonic quantum technologies. The demand for integrability and multi-functionality suggests 'flat' platforms - ultrathin layers and metasurfaces - as sources of photon pairs. With the success in…

Optics · Physics 2026-02-02 Changjin Son , Maria Chekhova