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Main Authors: Amores, Albert Peralta, Swillo, Marcin
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.14903
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author Amores, Albert Peralta
Swillo, Marcin
author_facet Amores, Albert Peralta
Swillo, Marcin
contents We propose a non-uniform modulation of $χ^{(2)}_{xyz}$ to significantly enhance photon pair generation efficiency via spontaneous parametric down-conversion in modal phase-matched semiconductor waveguides. This approach enables amplitude-matching in the transverse direction while preserving the phase-matching along the waveguide propagation axis. Our analysis predicts a tenfold efficiency increase in comparison to the most efficient non-modulated waveguide, and up to 13 orders of magnitude efficiency enhancements relative to solely phase-matched waveguides. Furthermore, we explore the implementation of a highly efficient compact twin-photon source, tunable across the communication band, using an amplitude- and phase-matched structure.
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spellingShingle Simultaneous Matching of Phase and Amplitude for Spontaneous Parametric Down-conversion in Semiconductor Waveguides
Amores, Albert Peralta
Swillo, Marcin
Optics
Quantum Physics
We propose a non-uniform modulation of $χ^{(2)}_{xyz}$ to significantly enhance photon pair generation efficiency via spontaneous parametric down-conversion in modal phase-matched semiconductor waveguides. This approach enables amplitude-matching in the transverse direction while preserving the phase-matching along the waveguide propagation axis. Our analysis predicts a tenfold efficiency increase in comparison to the most efficient non-modulated waveguide, and up to 13 orders of magnitude efficiency enhancements relative to solely phase-matched waveguides. Furthermore, we explore the implementation of a highly efficient compact twin-photon source, tunable across the communication band, using an amplitude- and phase-matched structure.
title Simultaneous Matching of Phase and Amplitude for Spontaneous Parametric Down-conversion in Semiconductor Waveguides
topic Optics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.14903