Generation of massively entangled bright states of light during harmonic generation in resonant media

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2401.02817v2
• Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 04:49:24 GMT
• Title: Generation of massively entangled bright states of light during harmonic generation in resonant media
• Authors: Sili Yi, Ihar Babushkin, Olga Smirnova, Misha Ivanov
• Abstract summary: We show how nonlinear optical response of matter can be controlled to generate dramatic deviations from standard picture. In particular, non-trivial quantum states of harmonics are generated as soon as one of the harmonics induces a transition between different laser-dressed states of the material system. Our analysis opens remarkable opportunities at the interface of attosecond physics and quantum optics, with implications for quantum information science.
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• Abstract: At the fundamental level, full description of light-matter interaction requires quantum treatment of both matter and light. However, for standard light sources generating intense laser pulses carrying quadrillions of photons in a coherent state, classical description of light during intense laser-matter interaction has been expected to be adequate. Here we show how nonlinear optical response of matter can be controlled to generate dramatic deviations from this standard picture, including generation of multiple harmonics of the incident laser light entangled across many octaves. In particular, non-trivial quantum states of harmonics are generated as soon as one of the harmonics induces a transition between different laser-dressed states of the material system. Such transitions generate an entangled light-matter wavefunction, which emerges as the key condition for generating quantum states of harmonics, sufficient even in the absence of a quantum driving field or material correlations. In turn, entanglement of the material system with a single harmonic generates and controls entanglement between different harmonics. Hence, nonlinear media that are near-resonant with at least one of the harmonics appear to be most attractive for controlled generation of massively entangled quantum states of light. Our analysis opens remarkable opportunities at the interface of attosecond physics and quantum optics, with implications for quantum information science.

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