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Efficient photon pair sources based on Silicon-on-Insulator microresonators
Published
Author(s)
Jun Chen, Zachary H. Levine, Jingyun Fan, Alan L. Migdall
Abstract
We present a general quantum-mechanical formalism to describe photon pair generation via four-wave mixing in a Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) microresonator. We also provide design principles for efficient photon-pair generation in a SOI microresonator through numerical simulations. Ring-cavity simulation results are compared with straight-cavity ones, and are shown to be superior. Such on-chip quantum devices are highly promising for future integrated quantum information processing.
Proceedings Title
Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging VIII
Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 7815
Chen, J.
, Levine, Z.
, Fan, J.
and Migdall, A.
(2010),
Efficient photon pair sources based on Silicon-on-Insulator microresonators, Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging VIII
Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 7815, San Diego, CA, [online], https://doi.org/10.1117/12.859958
(Accessed October 13, 2025)