Ultra-low power generation of twin photons in a compact silicon ring resonator

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 23100-23107

  Azzini, Stefano ^a   Grassani, Davide ^a   Strain, Michael J ^b   Sorel, Marc ^b   Helt, L G ^c   Sipe, J E ^c   Liscidini, Marco ^a   Galli, Matteo ^a   Bajoni, Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PUMPING (LASER); QUANTUM OPTICS;

1550 NM; CORRELATED PHOTON PAIRS; GENERATION RATE; MICRORING RESONATOR; OPTICS APPLICATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SILICON RING RESONATOR; TELECOM BANDS; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; TIME CORRELATIONS; TWIN PHOTONS;

PHOTONS;

SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; ILLUMINATION; PHOTON; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOLID STATE LASER;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LIGHTING; PHOTONS; SILICON;

EID: 84867316282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.023100     Document Type: Article

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