Friday, May 3, 2013

1305.0068 (L. G. Helt et al.)

Parasitic nonlinearities in photon pair generation via integrated
spontaneous four-wave mixing: critical problem or distraction?
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L. G. Helt, M. J. Steel, J. E. Sipe
We consider integrated photon pair sources based on spontaneous four-wave mixing and derive expressions for the pump powers at which various nonlinear processes become relevant for a variety of source materials and structures. These expressions serve as rules of thumb in identifying reasonable parameter regimes for the design of such sources. We demonstrate that if pump powers are kept low enough to suppress cross-phase modulation, multi-pair events as well as many other nonlinear effects are often also constrained to negligible levels.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.0068

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