Open AccessContinuous wave photon pair generation in silicon-on-insultator waveguides and ring resonators and erratum: comment
Author(s) -
Marco Liscidini,
J. E. Sipe,
L. G. Helt
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.24.009130
Subject(s) - resonator , physics , optics , photon , four wave mixing , limit (mathematics) , silicon , ring (chemistry) , mixing (physics) , field (mathematics) , spontaneous parametric down conversion , nonlinear optics , optoelectronics , quantum mechanics , laser , chemistry , mathematical analysis , mathematics , organic chemistry , pure mathematics , quantum entanglement , quantum
We consider the generation of photon pairs by spontaneous four-wave mixing in ring resonators, as described by Clemmen et al. in Opt. Express17, 16558 (2009). We show that the theoretical limit predicted for the generation rate in their Erratum-Opt. Express 18, 14107 (2010)-is far too large due to an incorrect definition of a field enhancement factor.