title: High brightness single mode source of correlated photon pairs using a photonic crystal fiber.
abstract: We demonstrate a picosecond source of correlated photon pairs using a micro-structured fibre with zero dispersion around 715 nm wavelength. The fibre is pumped in the normal dispersion regime at ~708 nm and phase matching is satisfied for widely spaced parametric wavelengths. Here we generate up to 10;7 photon pairs per second in the fibre at wavelengths of 587 nm and 897 nm, while on collecting this light in single-mode-fibre-coupled Silicon avalanche diode photon counting detectors, we detect ~3.2x10;5 coincidences per second at pump power 0.5 mW.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fulconis
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Alibart
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wadsworth
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rarity