Open AccessPhoton-pair and heralded single photon generation initiated by a fraction of a 10 Gbps data stream
Author(s) -
Chaoxuan Ma,
Xiaoxi Wang,
Shayan Mookherjea
Publication year - 2018
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.26.022904
Subject(s) - photon , optics , physics , resonator , 3d optical data storage , data stream , quantum channel , wavelength , quantum optics , transceiver , single photon source , optoelectronics , telecommunications , quantum , quantum information , computer science , quantum mechanics , cmos
A fraction of a classical 10 Gigabits-per-second, non-return-to-zero data stream at 1.55 micron wavelengths from a standard telecommunications optical transceiver was tapped and used to generate photon-pairs and heralded single photons using a silicon microring resonator at room temperature. These results show that there may be no need for a separate laser to generate high-quality photon pairs for quantum applications in a typical optical communications network.