Narrow-band photon pairs generated from spontaneous parametric down conversion in a Bragg-grating enhanced waveguide

Li Yan, Lijun Ma, Xiao Tang, Ronald E. Meyers, Yanhua Shih, Keith S. Deacon
2010 Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging VIII  
We propose a new method to narrow the linewidth of photon pairs generated from spontaneous parametric down conversion (SPDC). The single structure device incorporates an internal Bragg grating onto a nonlinear optical waveguide. We study theoretically the spectral characteristics of SPDC under two Bragg grating structures. We show that using the Bragg grating with a midway πphase shifter is a promising way to implement narrow-line (~GHz to sub-GHz) entangled photon sources.
doi:10.1117/12.859269 fatcat:tiecrpoggffi5ddm4qokmb6aly