Nonreciprocity in Photon Pair Correlations
Optics
2021-07-22 v1
Abstract
Nonreciprocal optical systems have found many applications altering the linear transmission of light as a function of its propagation direction. Here we consider a new class of nonreciprocity which appears in photon pair correlations and not in linear transmission. We experimentally demonstrate and theoretically verify this nonreciprocity in the second-order coherence functions of photon pairs produced by spontaneous four-wave mixing in a silicon microdisk. Reversal of the pump propagation direction can result in substantial extinction of the coherence functions without altering pump transmission.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2107.10203,
title = {Nonreciprocity in Photon Pair Correlations},
author = {Austin Graf and Steven D. Rogers and Jeremy Staffa and Usman A. Javid and Dana H. Griffith and Qiang Lin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.10203},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
12 pages, 5 figures