Heralded single photon and correlated photon pair generation via spontaneous four-wave mixing in tapered optical fibers
arXiv:1910.12918 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.101.053822
Abstract
We study the generation of correlated photon pairs and heralded single photons via strongly non-degenerate spontaneous four-wave mixing (SFWM) in a series of identical micro-/nano fibers (MNF). Joint spectral intensity of the biphoton field generated at the wavelength of about 880 nm and 1310 nm has been measured under excitation by 100 ps laser pulses demonstrating good agreement with the theoretical prediction. The measured zero-time second-order autocorrelation function was about 0.2 when the emission rate of the heralded photons was of 4 Hz. The MNF-based source perfectly matches standard single-mode fibers, which makes it compatible with the existing fiber communication networks. In addition, SFWM observation in a series of identical MNFs allows increasing generation rate of single photons via spatial multiplexing.
arXiv comment7 pages, 11 figures
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