Highly efficient generation of single-mode photon pairs from a crystalline whispering-gallery-mode resonator source

Published

February 11, 2015

Author(s)

Michael Fortsch, Gerhard Schunk, Josef Furst, Dmitry Strekalov, Thomas Gerrits, Martin Stevens, Florian Sedlmeir, Harald G. Schwefel, Gerd Leuchs, Christoph Marquardt

Abstract

We report on the highly-efficient generation of narrow-band pair-photons in one single spatiotemporal mode using parametric down-conversion in a crystalline whispering gallery mode resonator. We developed the requirements on phase-matching conditions in spheroidal geometries to achieve single-mode operation. Its precise understanding facilitates the realization of the highest reported single-mode pair-detection rate of 0.97 Million pairs/s per mW pump power per 20 MHz bandwidth without the need of additional filter cavities

Citation

Physical Review Letters

Volume

91

Issue

2

Pub Type

Journals

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Keywords

squeezing, single photon detectors, quantum optics

Citation

Fortsch, M. , Schunk, G. , Furst, J. , Strekalov, D. , Gerrits, T. , Stevens, M. , Sedlmeir, F. , Schwefel, H. , Leuchs, G. and Marquardt, C. (2015), Highly efficient generation of single-mode photon pairs from a crystalline whispering-gallery-mode resonator source, Physical Review Letters, [online], https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.91.023812 (Accessed April 23, 2024)