Beyond critical coupling: optimal design considerations for spontaneous four-wave mixing in microring resonators
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| author | Lukens, Joseph M. Myilswamy, Karthik V. Miloshevsky, Alexander Lu, Hsuan-Hao |
| author_facet | Lukens, Joseph M. Myilswamy, Karthik V. Miloshevsky, Alexander Lu, Hsuan-Hao |
| contents | We present a self-contained analytical model for biphoton generation in microring resonators. Encompassing both all-pass and add-drop geometries, identical and distinct pump and biphoton coupling coefficients, and continuous-wave and pulsed pumping, our interaction-picture-based approach reveals time-frequency biphoton correlations while also predicting absolute generation rates. Under continuous-wave excitation, we find critical coupling of both the pump and biphoton to maximize the rate of single photons extracted from the microring, whereas critical coupling of the pump but overcoupling of the biphoton maximize the two-photon rate. Under pulsed pumping, overcoupling of both pump and biphoton (to different degrees) maximizes photon extraction probabilities, albeit under a tradeoff with spectral factorability that we quantify via parameter scans over a range of coupler pairings. As a whole, our formalism should prove valuable for the practical design of integrated photon sources, merging a flexible and intuitive biphoton-centric depiction with quantitative predictions closely tied to experimental parameters. |
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| spellingShingle | Beyond critical coupling: optimal design considerations for spontaneous four-wave mixing in microring resonators Lukens, Joseph M. Myilswamy, Karthik V. Miloshevsky, Alexander Lu, Hsuan-Hao Quantum Physics Optics We present a self-contained analytical model for biphoton generation in microring resonators. Encompassing both all-pass and add-drop geometries, identical and distinct pump and biphoton coupling coefficients, and continuous-wave and pulsed pumping, our interaction-picture-based approach reveals time-frequency biphoton correlations while also predicting absolute generation rates. Under continuous-wave excitation, we find critical coupling of both the pump and biphoton to maximize the rate of single photons extracted from the microring, whereas critical coupling of the pump but overcoupling of the biphoton maximize the two-photon rate. Under pulsed pumping, overcoupling of both pump and biphoton (to different degrees) maximizes photon extraction probabilities, albeit under a tradeoff with spectral factorability that we quantify via parameter scans over a range of coupler pairings. As a whole, our formalism should prove valuable for the practical design of integrated photon sources, merging a flexible and intuitive biphoton-centric depiction with quantitative predictions closely tied to experimental parameters. |
| title | Beyond critical coupling: optimal design considerations for spontaneous four-wave mixing in microring resonators |
| topic | Quantum Physics Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.08563 |