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Generation of Correlated Photons via Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing in Microstructure Fibers

Published

Author(s)

Jingyun Fan, Alan L. Migdall

Abstract

The gain of four-wave mixing and the gain of Raman scattering in an optical fiber are not uniform with wavelength. Through systematic experimental study, we show that in its gain spectral region, the contrast of four-wave mixing can be optimized with respect to the gain of Raman scattering, thus high photon coincidence rate and high coincidence/accidental contrast can be simultaneously obtained. We obtain a photon coincidence rate of 53.7 kHz/mW/nm with coincidence/accidental contrast of 10:1 in a 1.8 m microstructure fiber-based photon source. We also propose a method to calibrate the photon detection efficiencies from photon counting.
Proceedings Title
Proceedings| Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging Conference
Conference Dates
August 1-5, 2005
Conference Title
SPIE

Keywords

four wave mixing, microstructure fiber, photon coincidence, raman scattering

Citation

Fan, J. and Migdall, A. (2005), Generation of Correlated Photons via Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing in Microstructure Fibers, Proceedings| Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging Conference, [online], https://doi.org/10.1117/12.612736 (Accessed April 25, 2024)
Created August 25, 2005, Updated November 10, 2018