Photon Pair Generation via Spontaneous Four-Wave Mixing in Birefringent Optical Fibers
Brian J. Smith, Pierre Mahou, Offir Cohen, Jeff S. Lundeen, Ian A. Walmsley · 2009
We experimentally demonstrate photon pair production in standard single-mode optical fibers via spontaneous four-wave mixing. The process utilizes birefringent phase matching to control the photon pair joint spectral structure.