title: Silicon waveguides for creating quantum-correlated photon pairs.
abstract: We propose to use four-wave mixing inside silicon waveguides for generating quantum-correlated photon pairs in a single spatial mode. Such silicon-based photon sources not only exhibit high pair correlation but also have high spectral brightness. As the proposed scheme is based on mature silicon technology, it has the potential of becoming a cost-effective platform for on-chip quantum information processing applications.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Govind P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Agrawal