Photon-pair generation in arrays of cubic nonlinear waveguides

Opt Express. 2012 Nov 19;20(24):27441-6. doi: 10.1364/OE.20.027441.

Abstract

We study photon-pair generation in arrays of cubic nonlinear waveguides through spontaneous four-wave mixing. We analyze numerically the quantum statistics of photon pairs at the array output as a function of waveguide dispersion and pump beam power. We show flexible spatial quantum state control such as pump-power-controlled transition between bunching and anti-bunching correlations due to nonlinear self-focusing.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer Simulation*
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Equipment Design
  • Photons*
  • Refractometry / instrumentation*
  • Scattering, Radiation*