Effect of loss on photon-pair generation in nonlinear waveguide arrays

Antonosyan, Diana; Solntsev, Alexander; Sukhorukov, Andrey

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Effect of loss on photon-pair generation in nonlinear waveguide arrays

Date

2014

Authors

Antonosyan, Diana

Solntsev, Alexander

Sukhorukov, Andrey

Publisher

American Physical Society

Abstract

We describe theoretically the process of spontaneous parametric down-conversion in quadratic nonlinear waveguide arrays in the presence of linear loss. We derive a set of discrete Schrödinger-type equations for the biphoton wave function and the wave fun