English

Backscatter and Spontaneous Four-Wave Mixing in Micro-Ring Resonators

Quantum Physics 2021-04-12 v4 Optics

Abstract

We model backscatter for electric fields propagating through optical micro-ring resonators, as occurring both in-ring and in-coupler. These provide useful tools for modelling transmission and in-ring fields in these optical devices. We then discuss spontaneous four-wave mixing and use the models to obtain heralding efficiencies and rates. We observe a trade-off between these, which becomes more extreme as the rings become more strongly backscattered.

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@article{arxiv.2001.05761,
  title  = {Backscatter and Spontaneous Four-Wave Mixing in Micro-Ring Resonators},
  author = {Jonte R. Hance and Gary F. Sinclair and John Rarity},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.05761},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

8 pages, 8 figures - matches version published in J. Phys. Photonics

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