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In this paper, we propose exploiting dispersion-engineered nanophotonic waveguides in generating unprecedented ultra-broadband spectral and polarisation entanglement using spontaneous four-wave mixing parametric processes. We developed a…

Optics · Physics 2025-07-10 Mahmoud Almassri , Mohammed F. Saleh

We study incoherently coupled two-frequency pulse compounds in waveguides with single zero-dispersion and zero-nonlinearity points. In such waveguides, supported by a negative nonlinearity, soliton dynamics can be obtained even in domains…

Optics · Physics 2023-01-25 O. Melchert , S. Bose , S. Willms , I. Babushkin , U. Morgner , A. Demircan

We develop a Sagnac-type source of ultrabright, non-degenerate, polarization-entangled photon pair that is highly stable and compact simultaneously. We use a $20~\text{mm}$ long PPLN bulk crystal which, upon pumping continuously with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-06 Jakub Szlachetka , Kaushik Joarder , Piotr Kolenderski

Integrated optical devices may replace bulk crystal or fiber based assemblies with a more compact and controllable photon pair and heralded single photon source and generate quantum light at telecommunications wavelengths. Here, we propose…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 Jun Rong Ong , Shayan Mookherjea

We present a versatile, high-brightness, guided-wave source of polarization entangled photons, emitted at a telecom wavelength. Photon-pairs are generated using an integrated type-0 nonlinear waveguide, and subsequently prepared in a…

Quantum networks based on wavelength-multiplexed entanglement enable parallel distribution of quantum correlations, increasing channel capacity for secure communication and distributed quantum information processing. However, broadband…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-11 Xiao-Xu Fang , Ling-Xuan Kong , He Lu

We report an experimental realization of a narrow-band polarization-entangled photon source with a linewidth of 9.6 MHz through cavity-enhanced spontaneous parametric down-conversion. This linewidth is comparable to the typical linewidth of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-10 Xiao-Hui Bao , Yong Qian , Jian Yang , Han Zhang , Zeng-Bing Chen , Tao Yang , Jian-Wei Pan

We report on our progress developing highly-miniaturised, polarisation-entangled, photon pair sources for CubeSats. We have a correlated photon-pair source in orbit in the NUS Galassia 2U CubeSat. We also have an entangled photon pair…

Efficient generation of high-quality photon pairs is essential for modern quantum technologies. Micro-ring resonator is an ideal platform for studying on-chip photon sources due to strong nonlinear effect, resonant-enhanced optical fields,…

Thin-film lithium niobate on insulator~(LNOI) emerges as a promising platform for integrated quantum photon source, enabling scalable on-chip quantum information processing. The most popular technique to overcome the phase mismatching…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-17 Xiao-Xu Fang , Hao-Yang Du , Xiuquan Zhang , Lei Wang , Feng Chen , He Lu

Quantum photonics has rapidly advanced as a key area for developing quantum technologies by harnessing photons' inherent quantum characteristics, particularly entanglement. Generation of entangled photon pairs, known as Bell states, is…

Quantum-enhanced optical systems operating within the 2- to 2.5-$\mu$m spectral region have the potential to revolutionize emerging applications in communications, sensing, and metrology. However, to date, sources of entangled photons have…

Deterministic GHz-rate single photon sources at room-temperature would be essential components for various quantum applications. However, both the slow intrinsic decay rate and the omnidirectional emission of typical quantum emitters are…

We present a novel high-power, frequency-stabilized UV laser source at 326.2~nm, resonant with the Cd $^{1}$S$_{0}$ - $^{3}$P$_{1}$ narrow intercombination transition. We have achieved a maximum produced power of 1~W at 326.2~nm by two…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2022-05-25 S. Manzoor , J. N. Tinsley , S. Bandarupally , M. Chiarotti , N. Poli

Entangled photon-pair sources are foundational to advancing quantum technologies, including secure communication, quantum sensing, and imaging. For deployment in space-constrained environments such as satellite-based quantum networks or…

Optics · Physics 2025-05-07 Omar A. M. Abdelraouf

We report on a guided wave heralded photon source based on the creation of non-degenerate photon pairs by spontaneous parametric down conversion in a Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate waveguide. Using the signal photon at 1310 nm as a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-01-05 Olivier Alibart , Daniel Barry Ostrowsky , Pascal Baldi , Sébastien Tanzilli

Direct spectral characterization of a quantum photon-pair source usually involves cumbersome, costly, and time-consuming detection issues. In this study, we experimentally characterize the spectral properties of a type-II phase-matched…

We implement an entanglement distribution network based on wavelength-multiplexing and optical switching for quantum communication applications. Using a high-brightness source based on spontaneous parametric down-conversion in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-07-26 I. Herbauts , B. Blauensteiner , A. Poppe , T. Jennewein , H. Hübel

Quantum correlated states of light, such as squeezed states, are a fundamental resource for the development of quantum technologies, as they are needed for applications in quantum metrology, quantum computation, and quantum communications.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-19 Umang Jain , Jae Choi , Christopher Hull , Alberto M. Marino

We present a new approach to engineering broadband sources of entangled photon pairs for quantum interferometry. The source is based on quasi-phase-matched spontaneous parametric down conversion in a titanium diffused periodically poled…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-23 Abu Thomas , Mackenzie Van Camp , Olga Minaeva , David Simon , Alexander V. Sergienko