Antibunched photon-pair source based on photon blockade effect in a nondegenerate optical parametric oscillator

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2012.00383v1
• Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2020 10:25:39 GMT
• Title: Antibunched photon-pair source based on photon blockade effect in a nondegenerate optical parametric oscillator
• Authors: Yi Ren, Shouhui Duan, Wenzhi Xie, Yongkang Shao, and Zhenglu Duan
• Abstract summary: Nonclassical light sources, such as correlated photon-pairs, play an important role in quantum optics and quantum information processing systems. This study proposes a process to generate antibunched photon-pairs in a nondegenerate optical parametric oscillator. It is found that when the parameters of the system satisfy certain conditions, the generated photons in subharmonic modes exhibit a strong antibunching behavior.
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• Abstract: Nonclassical light sources, such as correlated photon-pairs, play an important role in quantum optics and quantum information processing systems. This study proposes a process to generate antibunched photon-pairs in a nondegenerate optical parametric oscillator. It is found that when the parameters of the system satisfy certain conditions, the generated photons in subharmonic modes exhibit a strong antibunching behavior and are strongly correlated with one another. In particular, the average photon-pair number is resonantly enhanced. It is also observed that the conventional photon blockade contributes to this phenomenon. In addition, it is interesting to note that fundamental mode photons can blockade the subharmonic mode photons. We refer to this phenomenon as a heterogeneous photon blockade.

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