Effect of loss on photon-pair generation in nonlinear waveguide arrays

Diana A. Antonosyan*, Alexander S. Solntsev, Andrey A. Sukhorukov

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    Abstract

    We describe theoretically the process of spontaneous parametric down-conversion in quadratic nonlinear waveguide arrays in the presence of linear loss. We derive a set of discrete Schrödinger-type equations for the biphoton wave function and the wave function of one photon when the other photon in a pair is lost. We demonstrate effects arising from loss-affected interference between the generated photon pairs and show that nonlinear waveguide arrays can serve as a robust loss-tolerant integrated platform for the generation of entangled photon states with nonclassical spatial correlations.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number043845
    JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
    Volume90
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 21 Oct 2014

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