Bragg-Scattering conversion at telecom wavelengths towards the photon counting regime
- 19 November 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Express
- Vol. 20 (24) , 27220-27225
Abstract
We experimentally study Bragg-scattering four-wave mixing in a highly nonlinear fiber at telecom wavelengths using photon counters. We explore the polarization dependence of this process with a continuous wave signal in the macroscopic and attenuated regime, with a wavelength shift of 23 nm. Our measurements of mean photon numbers per second under various pump polarization configurations agree well with the theoretical and numerical predictions based on classical models. We discuss the impact of noise under these different polarization configurations.Keywords
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