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Quantum Calculation of Photon Pair Generation in Quasi-phase Matched AlGaAs Microrings

Spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) is routinely used to create entangled photon pairs. Generation rates are limited by χ(2) magnitudes and phase matching issues, but in integrated structures the first limitation can be alleviated by using ring resonators to increase the local field intensity, and the second by a “built-in” quasi- phase matching (QPM) condition that is present for microrings fabricated out of III-V semiconductors
Quantum Calculation of Photon Pair Generation_Sipe

Publication Date: 5 May, 2024

Authors: Samuel E. Fontaine, Colin Vendromin, Trevor J. Steiner, Galan Moody, John Bowers, Amirali Atrli, Marco Liscidini, and J. E. Sipe

Abstract:

We calculate the rate of spontaneous parametric down-conversion, and generated biphoton wavefunction, in an AlGaAs microring resonator designed to take full advantage of the quasi-phase matching occurring as the light propagates around the ring.

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