Generation of high-purity entangled photon pairs using silicon wire waveguide

Opt Express. 2008 Dec 8;16(25):20368-73. doi: 10.1364/oe.16.020368.

Abstract

We observed high-purity correlated and entangled photon pairs generated through spontaneous four-wave mixing (SFWM) in a silicon wire waveguide (SWW). Employing a nano-scale silicon waveguide with a low loss mode size converter, we obtained a high coincidence to accidental coincidence ratio (CAR) of around 200 that was larger than that of cooled dispersion shifted fiber (DSF) by a factor 3.2, and observed the two-photon interference fringe of time-bin entangled photons with > 95% visibility without subtracting the accidental coincidences.

MeSH terms

  • Computer Simulation
  • Computer-Aided Design*
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Light
  • Lighting / instrumentation*
  • Lighting / methods
  • Models, Theoretical*
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Nanostructures / ultrastructure*
  • Optical Devices*
  • Photons
  • Scattering, Radiation
  • Silicon / chemistry*

Substances

  • Silicon