Ultra-low Raman noise correlated photon-pair generation in a dispersion engineered As2S3 waveguide

Collins, M. J.; Clark, A. S.; He, J.; Choi, D. Y.; Williams, R. J.; Judge, A. C.; Steel, M. J.; Luther-Davies, B.; Xiong, C.; Eggleton, B. J.

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Ultra-low Raman noise correlated photon-pair generation in a dispersion engineered As2S3 waveguide

Date

2012

Authors

Abstract

We demonstrate ultra-low Raman noise generation of correlated photon-pairs in a dispersionengineered 10mm As2S3 waveguide at room temperature. We show a coincidence-to-accidental ratio (CAR) of 16.8, a 250 times increase compared with previously published results.