Spectrally Pure States at Telecommunications Wavelengths from Periodically PoledMTiOXO4(M=K, Rb, Cs;X=P, As) Crystals

Abstract

Significant successes have recently been reported in the study of the generation of spectrally pure state in group-velocity-matched (GVM) nonlinear crystals. However, the GVM condition can only be realized in limited kinds of crystals and at limited wavelengths. Here, we investigate pure state generation in the isomorphs of PPKTP crystal: i.e., periodically poled RTP, KTA, RTA and CTA crystals. By numerical simulation, we find that these crystals from the KTP family can generate pure photons with high spectral purity (over 0.8), wide tunability (more than 400 nm), reasonable nonlinearity at a variety of wavelengths (from 1300 nm to 2100 nm). It is also discovered that the PPCTA crystal may achieve purity of 0.97 at 1506 nm. This study may provide more and better choices for quantum state engineering at telecom wavelengths.