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Integrated optics provides the platform for the experimental implementation of highly complex and compact circuits for quantum information applications. In this context integrated waveguide sources represent a powerful resource for the…

We report the first entanglement generation experiment using an on-chip slow light device. With highly efficient spontaneous four-wave mixing enhanced by the slow light effect in a coupled resonator optical waveguide based on a silicon…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-01-30 Hiroki Takesue , Nobuyuki Matsuda , Eiichi Kuramochi , Masaya Notomi

Stacking and twisting two dimensional materials has garnered enormous attention across the condensed matter and the nanophotonic communities. The surge of interest stems from the emergence of novel photophysical phenomena that arise due to…

Entanglement enables many promising applications in quantum technology. Devising new generation methods and harnessing entanglement are prerequisites for practical applications. Here we realize a distinct polarization-entangled source by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-29 Ming-Yuan Gao , Yin-Hai Li , Zhao-Qi-Zhi Han , Qiang Zhou , Guang-Can Guo , Zhi-Yuan Zhou , Bao-Sen Shi

We present a fiber based source of polarization-entangled photon pairs that is well suited for quantum communication applications in the 1550nm band of standard fiber-optic telecommunications. Polarization entanglement is created by pumping…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Xiaoying Li , Paul L. Voss , Jay E. Sharping , Prem Kumar

In this paper we present a compact source of narrow-band energy-time entangled photon pairs in the telecom regime based on a Ti-indiffused Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate (PPLN) waveguide resonator, i.e. a waveguide with end-face…

We demonstrate a wavelength-tunable, fiber-coupled source of polarization-entangled photons with extremely high spectral brightness and quality of entanglement. Using a 25 mm PPKTP crystal inside a polarization Sagnac interferometer we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Alessandro Fedrizzi , Thomas Herbst , Andreas Poppe , Thomas Jennewein , Anton Zeilinger

Mass-deployable implementations for quantum communication require compact, reliable, and low-cost hardware solutions for photon generation, control and analysis. We present a fiber-pigtailed hybrid photonic circuit comprising nonlinear…

Quantum entanglement is an integral part of quantum optics and has been exploited in areas such as computation, cryptography and metrology. The entanglement between photons can be present in various degrees of freedom (DOFs), and even the…

Harnessing high-dimensional entangled states of light presents a frontier for advancing quantum information technologies, from fundamental tests of quantum mechanics to enhanced computation and communication protocols. In this context, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-10 A. Raymond , A. Zecchetto , J. Palomo , M. Morassi , A. Lemaître , F. Raineri , M. I. Amanti , S. Ducci , F. Baboux

Entangled photon sources (EPS), the major building block for a variety of quantum communication protocols, are commonly developed by utilizing the spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) in $\chi^{2}$ nonlinear bulk optical materials.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-07-14 Sandeep Singh , Vimlesh Kumar , Anirban Ghosh , G. K. Samanata

A novel ultrabright parametric source of polarization entangled photon pairs with striking spatial characteristics is reported. The distribution of the output electromagnetic k-modes excited by Spontaneous Parametris Down Conversion and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Di Nepi , F. De Martini , M. Barbieri , P. Mataloni

A single photodetector with tunable detection wavelengths and polarization sensitivity can potentially be harnessed for diverse optical applications ranging from imaging and sensing to telecommunications. Such a device will require the…

Quantum information technology strongly relies on coupling of optical photons with narrowband quantum systems, such as quantum dots, color centers, and atomic systems. This coupling requires matching the optical wavelength and bandwidth to…

Applications of quantum science to computing, cryptography and imaging are on their way to becoming key next generation technologies. Owing to the high-speed transmission and exceptional noise properties of photons, quantum photonic…

Scalable photonic quantum information technologies require a platform combining quantum light sources, waveguides, and detectors on a single chip. Here, we introduce a van der Waals platform comprising strain-engineered bilayer WSe$_2$…

Generating entangled photons from a monolithic chip is a major milestone towards real-life applications of optical quantum information processing including quantum key distribution and quantum computing. Ultrabroadband entangled photons are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-30 Dongpeng Kang , Ankita Anirban , Amr S. Helmy

Integrated quantum optics becomes a consequent tendency towards practical quantum information processing. Here, we report the on-chip generation and manipulation of photonic entanglement based on reconfigurable lithium niobate waveguide…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-04-02 H. Jin , F. M. Liu , P. Xu , J. L. Xia , M. L. Zhong , Y. Yuan , Y. X. Gong , W. Wang , S. N. Zhu

We demonstrate a two-color entangled pho ton pair source which can be adapted easily to a wide range of wavelengths combinations. A Fresnel rhomb as a geometrical quarter-wave plate and a versatile combination of compensation crystals are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-23 Otto Dietz , Chris Müller , Thomas Kreißl , Ulrike Herzog , Tim Kroh , Andreas Ahlrichs , Oliver Benson

Photon pair sources are fundamental building blocks for quantum entanglement and quantum communication. Recent studies in silicon photonics have documented promising characteristics for photon pair sources within the telecommunications…