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Photon pair generation in dispersion-shifted fiber with nearly complete suppression of raman photons

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Author(s)

Shellee D. Dyer, Lenson Pellouchoud, Martin J. Stevens, Burm Baek, Sae Woo Nam, Robert Hadfield

Abstract

We show photon pair generation from spontaneous four-wave mixing in dispersion-shifted fiber. By cooling the fiber to 4 K, we achieve almost complete suppression of the Raman photons, yielding a coincidence-to-accidental ratio of approximately 360, exceeding previous best-case results by a factor of 4.
Proceedings Title
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science
Conference Dates
May 4-9, 2008
Conference Location
San Jose, CA

Keywords

fiber optics, nonlinear optics, quantum detectors, quantum optics

Citation

Dyer, S. , Pellouchoud, L. , Stevens, M. , Baek, B. , Nam, S. and Hadfield, R. (2008), Photon pair generation in dispersion-shifted fiber with nearly complete suppression of raman photons, Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, San Jose, CA (Accessed April 20, 2024)
Created July 6, 2008, Updated February 19, 2017