Integrated twin-photon sources for the silicon absorption band: A numerical study

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2331-2337

  Ducci, Sara ^a   Leo, Giuseppe ^a   Berger, Vincent ^a   De Rossi, Alfredo ^b   Assanto, Gaetano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b THALES RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; GALLIUM NITRIDE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SOURCES; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; QUANTUM OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS;

INTEGRATED TWIN-PHOTON SOURCES; NONLINEAR MULTILAYER WAVEGUIDES; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION; SILICON ABSORPTION BAND;

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

EID: 28044460100     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.002331     Document Type: Article

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