Polarization engineering of entangled photons from a lithium niobate
nonlinear metasurface
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2308.14251v1
- Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2023 01:59:28 GMT
- Title: Polarization engineering of entangled photons from a lithium niobate
nonlinear metasurface
- Authors: Jinyong Ma, Jihua Zhang, Yuxin Jiang, Tongmiao Fan, Matthew Parry,
Dragomir N. Neshev, Andrey A. Sukhorukov
- Abstract summary: Complex polarization states of photon pairs are indispensable in various quantum technologies.
We present a solution using a nonlinear metasurface incorporating multiplexed silica metagratings on a lithium niobate film of 300 nanometer thickness.
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- Abstract: Complex polarization states of photon pairs are indispensable in various
quantum technologies. Conventional methods for preparing desired two-photon
polarization states are realized through bulky nonlinear crystals, which can
restrict the versatility and tunability of the generated quantum states due to
the fixed crystal nonlinear susceptibility. Here we present a solution using a
nonlinear metasurface incorporating multiplexed silica metagratings on a
lithium niobate film of 300 nanometer thickness. We fabricate two orthogonal
metagratings on a single substrate with an identical resonant wavelength,
thereby enabling the spectral indistinguishability of the emitted photons, and
demonstrate in experiments that the two-photon polarization states can be
shaped by the metagrating orientation. Leveraging this essential property, we
formulate a theoretical approach for generating arbitrary
polarization-entangled qutrit states by combining three metagratings on a
single metasurface, allowing the encoding of desired quantum states or
information. Our findings enable miniaturized optically controlled quantum
devices using ultrathin metasurfaces as polarization-entangled photon sources.
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