Intrinsically narrowband pair photon generation in microstructured fibres

In this paper we study the tailoring of photon spectral properties generated by four-wave mixing in a birefringent photonic crystal fibre (PCF). The aim is to produce intrinsically narrow-band photons and hence to achieve high non-classical interference visibility and generate high fidelity entanglement without any requirement for spectral filtering, leading to high effective detection efficiencies. We show unfiltered Hong-Ou-Mandel interference visibilities of 77% between photons from the same PCF, and 80% between separate sources. We compare results from modelling the PCF to these experiments and analyse photon purities.Comment: 23 pages, 17 figures, Comments Welcom

Demonstration and Modeling of the Coupling of a Heat Pump and Hybrid PV-T Panels Integrated into a Building

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Lensfree OLEDs with over 50% external quantum efficiency via external scattering and horizontally oriented emitters

Light extraction approaches based on a macroscopic lens in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) enables competitive performance, but compromise on the technology’s key benefits. Here, the authors demonstrate ultrahigh efficiency OLEDs via a device strategy based on forward light scattering