title: Bragg-scattering conversion at telecom wavelengths towards the photon counting regime.
abstract: We experimentally study Bragg-scattering four-wave mixing in a highly nonlinear fiber at telecom wavelengths using photon counters. We explore the polarization dependence of this process with a continuous wave signal in the macroscopic and attenuated regime, with a wavelength shift of 23 nm. Our measurements of mean photon numbers per second under various pump polarization configurations agree well with the theoretical and numerical predictions based on classical models. We discuss the impact of noise under these different polarization configurations.
authors.affiliation: Université de Limoges, XLIM, UMR CNRS 7252, Limoges, France. katarzyna.krupa@xlim.fr
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Krupa
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tonello
authors.forename: Victor V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Kozlov
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Couderc
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Di Bin
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wabnitz
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barthélémy
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Labonté
authors.forename: Sébastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanzilli
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation; D008027:Light; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D055100:Optical Fibers; D017785:Photons; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D013685:Telecommunications / Q000295:instrumentation*