Single photon adiabatic wavelength conversion

Abstract

Adiabatic wavelength conversion is experimentally demonstrated at a single photon power-level using an integrated silicon ring resonator. This approach allows conversion of a photon to arbitrary wavelengths with no energy or phase matching constraints. The conversion is inherently low-noise and efficient with greater than 10% conversion efficiencies for wavelength changes up to 0.5 nm, more than twenty times the resonators line-width. The observed wavelength change and efficiency agrees well with theory and bright coherent light demonstrations. These results will enable integrated quantum optical wavelength conversion for application ranging from wavelength-multiplexed quantum networks to frequency bin entanglement.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Oct 22, 2012
Source ID
10.1063/1.4764068

Entities

People

  • Abdelsalam Aboketaf
  • Ali Elshaari
  • Donald Adams
  • Liang Cao
  • Stefan F. Preble

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • National Science Foundation
  • Rochester Institute of Technology

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Quantum Computing