{"title":"Selective phase-matched Bragg scattering for single-photon frequency conversion in a nonlinear waveguide","authors":"Yunhui Zhu, Jungsang Kim, D. Gauthier","doi":"10.1109/PHOSST.2011.6000037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PHOSST.2011.6000037","url":null,"abstract":"We describe a design for phase-matched Bragg scattering for single-photon conversion between two arbitrary frequencies. The bandwidth of the Bragg scattering process is calculated and immunity against competing processes is discussed.","PeriodicalId":273355,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130998936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Zlatanović, F. Gholami, A. Simic, L. Liu, N. Alic, M. Nezhad, Y. Fainman, S. Radic
{"title":"Kerr nonlinearity in silicon beyond 2.35μm","authors":"S. Zlatanović, F. Gholami, A. Simic, L. Liu, N. Alic, M. Nezhad, Y. Fainman, S. Radic","doi":"10.1109/PHOSST.2011.6000043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PHOSST.2011.6000043","url":null,"abstract":"We present measurements of χ<sup>(3)</sup> in silicon in the 2.35 to 2.75μm interval, showing Kerr coefficients close to 1×10<sup>−18</sup> m<sup>2</sup>/W. The results clearly identify silicon as a promising platform for nonlinear processes in the mid-infrared.","PeriodicalId":273355,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124331010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"LDPC coded modulation for terabit optical Ethernet","authors":"I. Djordjevic","doi":"10.1109/PHOSST.2011.6000075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PHOSST.2011.6000075","url":null,"abstract":"Polarization-multiplexed-QAM requires huge QAM constellations to reach Tb/s-range with commercially-available symbol rates. In this invited paper, we describe four techniques to enable multi-Tb/s Ethernet, while employing reasonable signal-constellation sizes: four-dimensional (4D)-coded-modulation, 4D-multiband-coded-OFDM, generalized-OFDM, and spatial-domain-based-coded-modulation.","PeriodicalId":273355,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series","volume":"27 10","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120885785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Toward terabit optical access network using spectrally-efficient, polarization-interleaved orthogonal wavelength-division-multiplexing","authors":"S. Fan, H. Chien, Jie Liu, G. Chang","doi":"10.1109/PHOSST.2011.6000069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PHOSST.2011.6000069","url":null,"abstract":"We proposed a spectrally-efficient, high-capacity, polarization-interleaved (PI) OWDM PON architecture. The transmission performance of a 3-channel 25GHz-PI-OWDM system is theoretically analyzed and experimentally demonstrated over 15-km SMF-28 access-network architecture.","PeriodicalId":273355,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120954518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An overview of solid state THz generation and issues related to GaN","authors":"M. Anwar, Acer Chou, A. Rivera, T. Manzur","doi":"10.1109/PHOSST.2011.6000064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PHOSST.2011.6000064","url":null,"abstract":"An overview of the state-of-the-art in THz technologies will be presented with emphasis on semiconductor-based generation. The use of GaN-based Quantum Cascade Laser s as possible high power THz source operating at room temperature will be discussed. Strain-related optical performance of GaN-based heterostructure will be presented.","PeriodicalId":273355,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122896142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Network architecture and transmision technologies for terabit transport network","authors":"I. Morita, T. Tsuritani, Masatoshi Suzuki","doi":"10.1109/PHOSST.2011.6000071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PHOSST.2011.6000071","url":null,"abstract":"Network architecture and transmission technologies to increase an overall efficiency in transport networks are discussed. Traffic grooming in a flexible grid with rate-tunable transponders by optical OFDM is an attractive solution.","PeriodicalId":273355,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series","volume":"07 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127197143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Siddarth Koduru Josh, F. Anger, A. Lamas-Linares, C. Kurtsiefer
{"title":"Efficient, narrowband PPKTP source for polarization entangled photons","authors":"Siddarth Koduru Josh, F. Anger, A. Lamas-Linares, C. Kurtsiefer","doi":"10.1109/PHOSST.2011.5999938","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PHOSST.2011.5999938","url":null,"abstract":"We present a PPKTP based source for polarization-entangled photon pairs with an efficiency for generating photon pairs into singlemode fibers that should be high enough for a loophole free test of a Bell inequality.","PeriodicalId":273355,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series","volume":"75 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121684381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Smektala, M. El-Amraoui, J. Fatome, B. Kibler, J. Jules, G. Gadret, F. Désévédavy, G. Renversez, J. Troles, L. Brilland, Y. Messaddeq, M. Duhant, G. Canat, Y. Ohishi
{"title":"Recent developments in chalcogenide photonic crystal fibres","authors":"F. Smektala, M. El-Amraoui, J. Fatome, B. Kibler, J. Jules, G. Gadret, F. Désévédavy, G. Renversez, J. Troles, L. Brilland, Y. Messaddeq, M. Duhant, G. Canat, Y. Ohishi","doi":"10.1109/PHOSST.2011.6000056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PHOSST.2011.6000056","url":null,"abstract":"Elaboration of low-losses highly non linear chalcogenide optical fibers for the generation of efficient non linear effects in the infrared remains a challenge. In recent years, much work has been devoted to the study of microstructured optical fibers (MOFs) with different designs and various elaboration processes. Their background losses were typically of several dB/m.","PeriodicalId":273355,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114287321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Devices for frequency conversion of single and entangled photons","authors":"J. Pelc, M. Fejer","doi":"10.1109/PHOSST.2011.6159578","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PHOSST.2011.6159578","url":null,"abstract":"Waveguides in periodically poled lithium niobate can be used for frequency up- and downconversion of quantum states of light.We discuss applications for single-photon detection, quantum communications, and limitations due to parasitic noise processes.","PeriodicalId":273355,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series","volume":"91 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128961364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Abrupt disappearance of entangelement in fibers with polarization mode dispersion","authors":"C. Antonelli, M. Shtaif, M. Brodsky","doi":"10.1109/PHOSST.2011.6000032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PHOSST.2011.6000032","url":null,"abstract":"We investigate the decoherence of polarization-entangled photon pairs distributed over optical fibers with polarization mode dispersion. We characterize system configurations yielding entanglement sudden death and disappearance of non-locality and show the possibility of non-local compensation. Our results establish the ultimate boundaries for fiber-based quantum communications.","PeriodicalId":273355,"journal":{"name":"2011 IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123721576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}