Parametric fluorescence in periodically poled silica fibers

被引:44
作者
Bonfrate, G [1 ]
Pruneri, V
Kazansky, PG
Tapster, P
Rarity, JG
机构
[1] Univ Southampton, Optoelect Res Ctr, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England
[2] DERA Malvern, Malvern, Worcs, England
关键词
D O I
10.1063/1.125013
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
We report the observation of quasiphase matched parametric fluorescence from a periodically poled silica fiber. A pair-photon production rate of more than 100 MHz around 1532 nm was achieved in second-order nonlinear gratings for 300 mW of pump power at 766 nm. These results are very promising for the realization of reliable all-fiber single-photon sources for quantum cryptography systems and metrology applications. (C) 1999 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(99)03442-7].
引用
收藏
页码:2356 / 2358
页数:3
相关论文
共 14 条
[1]   INTERACTIONS BETWEEN LIGHT WAVES IN A NONLINEAR DIELECTRIC [J].
ARMSTRONG, JA ;
BLOEMBERGEN, N ;
DUCUING, J ;
PERSHAN, PS .
PHYSICAL REVIEW, 1962, 127 (06) :1918-+
[2]   MODELING AND EXPERIMENTAL-OBSERVATION OF PARAMETRIC FLUORESCENCE IN PERIODICALLY POLED LITHIUM-NIOBATE WAVE-GUIDES [J].
BALDI, P ;
ASCHIERI, P ;
NOUH, S ;
DEMICHELI, M ;
OSTROWSKY, DB ;
DELACOURT, D ;
PAPUCHON, M .
IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, 1995, 31 (06) :997-1008
[3]   CHARACTERIZATION OF SILICON AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES FOR PHOTON-CORRELATION MEASUREMENTS .1. PASSIVE QUENCHING [J].
BROWN, RGW ;
RIDLEY, KD ;
RARITY, JG .
APPLIED OPTICS, 1986, 25 (22) :4122-4126
[4]  
Dianov E. M., 1989, Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics, V19, P575, DOI 10.1070/QE1989v019n05ABEH007926
[5]   PRACTICAL QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY BASED ON 2-PHOTON INTERFEROMETRY [J].
EKERT, AK ;
RARITY, JG ;
TAPSTER, PR ;
PALMA, GM .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1992, 69 (09) :1293-1295
[6]   2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION IN AN OPTICAL FIBER BY SELF-WRITTEN CHI(2) GRATING [J].
FARRIES, MC ;
RUSSELL, PSJ ;
FERMANN, ME ;
PAYNE, DN .
ELECTRONICS LETTERS, 1987, 23 (07) :322-324
[7]   HIGH 2ND-ORDER NONLINEARITIES IN POLED SILICATE FIBERS [J].
KAZANSKY, PG ;
DONG, L ;
RUSSELL, PS .
OPTICS LETTERS, 1994, 19 (10) :701-703
[8]   LARGE 2ND-ORDER NONLINEARITY IN POLED FUSED-SILICA [J].
MYERS, RA ;
MUKHERJEE, N ;
BRUECK, SRJ .
OPTICS LETTERS, 1991, 16 (22) :1732-1734
[9]  
ORSTENBERG U, 1986, OPT LETT, V11, P516
[10]   Frequency doubling of picosecond pulses in periodically poled D-shape silica fibre [J].
Pruneri, V ;
Kazansky, PG .
ELECTRONICS LETTERS, 1997, 33 (04) :318-319