Optimizing the phase-matching parameters of a BIBO crystal for ultrafast spontaneous parametric down conversion

  • Guang Wen Huo
  • , Tong Yi Zhang
  • , Ren Gang Wan
  • , Mei Zhi Zhang
  • , Guang Hua Cheng
  • , Wei Zhao

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Abstract

We analyze and optimize the parameters of the Type I spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) process in BiB 3O 6 (BIBO) crystal directly from calculations. This can be used to construct a system to generate ultrafast entangled photon pairs, which play an important role in quantum communication, quantum positioning, and quantum clock synchronization. Our work on the problem makes it clear that the optimal phase matching orientation in the process of SPDC is a key mechanism in the BIBO crystal in a way that appears not to have been appreciated before. In the case of ω = 0.405 μm , the numerical results of the optimization parameters at room temperature ( 295 K ) are:θ = 152.00°,φ = 90°, and d eff = 3.48 pm/V. Finally, we use a pair of 0.6 mm thick biaxial BIBO crystals to construct an ultrafast entangled photon source, where the crystals are stacked together perpendicularly and pumped by a 405 nm pulsed laser doubling from a Tsunami mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPhotonics and Optolectronics Meetings (POEM) 2011
Subtitle of host publicationOptoelectronic Devices and Integration
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
EventPhotonics and Optolectronics Meetings (POEM) 2011: Optoelectronic Devices and Integration - Wuhan, China
Duration: 2 Nov 20115 Nov 2011

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume8333
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Conference

ConferencePhotonics and Optolectronics Meetings (POEM) 2011: Optoelectronic Devices and Integration
Country/TerritoryChina
CityWuhan
Period2/11/115/11/11

Keywords

  • BIBO crystal
  • phase matching
  • SPDC
  • ultra-fast entangled photon source

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