High-flux photon-pair source from electrically induced parametric down conversion after second-harmonic generation in single optical superlattice

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 8275-8283

  Huang, Dong ^a   She, Weilong ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; HARMONIC GENERATION; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTONS;

DOUBLE FREQUENCY PHOTONS; PARAMETRIC DOWN CONVERSION;

SUPERLATTICES;

EID: 34347220547     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.008275     Document Type: Article

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