Generation of infrared photon pairs by spontaneous four‑wave mixing in a ­CS2‑flled microstructured optical fber

in: Scientific Reports (2024)
Afsharnia, Mina; Junaid, Saher; Saravi, Sina; Chemnitz, Mario; Wondraczek, Katrin; Pertsch, Thomas; Schmidt, Markus A.; Setzpfandt, Frank
We experimentally demonstrate frequency non-degenerate photon-pair generation via spontaneous four-wave mixing from a novel CS2-flled microstructured optical fber. CS2 has high nonlinearity, narrow Raman lines, a broad transmission spectrum, and also has a large index contrast with the microstructured silica fber. We can achieve phase matching over a large spectral range by tuning the pump wavelength, allowing the generation of idler photons in the infrared region, which is suitable for applications in quantum spectroscopy. Moreover, we demonstrate a coincidence-to-accidental ratio of larger than 90 and a pair generation efciency of about 10−2 per pump pulse, which shows the viability of this fber-based platform as a photon-pair source for quantum technology applications.

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