Ultracompact single-photon sources of linearly polarized vortex beams

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2305.08222v1
• Date: Sun, 14 May 2023 18:48:47 GMT
• Title: Ultracompact single-photon sources of linearly polarized vortex beams
• Authors: Xujing Liu, Yinhui Kan, Shailesh Kumar, Liudmilla F. Kulikova, Valery A. Davydov, Viatcheslav N. Agafonov, Changying Zhao, Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi
• Abstract summary: Single-photon sources of collimated beams with polarizationencoded states are crucial for integrated quantum technologies. We present ultracompact single-photon sources of linearly polarized vortex beams based on chip-integrated quantum emitter-coupled metasurfaces.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Ultracompact chip-integrated single-photon sources of collimated beams with polarizationencoded states are crucial for integrated quantum technologies. However, most of currently available single-photon sources rely on external bulky optical components to shape the polarization and phase front of emitted photon beams. Efficient integration of quantum emitters with beam shaping and polarization encoding functionalities remains so far elusive. Here, we present ultracompact single-photon sources of linearly polarized vortex beams based on chip-integrated quantum emitter-coupled metasurfaces, which are meticulously designed by fully exploiting the potential of nanobrick arrayed metasurfaces. We first demonstrate on-chip single-photon generation of high-purity linearly polarized vortex beams with prescribed topological charges of -1, 0, and +1. We further realize multiplexing of single-photon emission channels with orthogonal linear polarizations carrying different topological charges and demonstrate their entanglement. Our work illustrates the potential and feasibility of ultracompact quantum emitter-coupled metasurfaces as a new quantum optics platform for realizing chip-integrated high-dimensional single-photon sources.

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