Directionally Tunable Co- and Counter-Propagating Photon Pairs from a Nonlinear Metasurface

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2403.07651v1
• Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 13:35:57 GMT
• Title: Directionally Tunable Co- and Counter-Propagating Photon Pairs from a Nonlinear Metasurface
• Authors: Maximilian A. Weissflog, Jinyong Ma, Jihua Zhang, Tongmiao Fan, Thomas Pertsch, Dragomir N. Neshev, Sina Saravi, Frank Setzpfandt, Andrey A. Sukhorukov
• Abstract summary: We show for the first time precise control of the emission angle of photon pairs generated from a nonlinear metasurface. Our measurements show angularly tunable pair-generation with high coincidence-to-accidental ratio. This work provides an important addition to the toolset of sub-wavelength thickness photon pair sources.
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• Abstract: Nonlinear metasurfaces have recently been established as a new platform for generating photon pairs via spontaneous parametric down-conversion. While for classical harmonic generation in metasurfaces a high level of control over all degrees of freedom of light has been reached, this capability is yet to be developed for photon pair generation. In this work, we theoretically and experimentally demonstrate for the first time precise control of the emission angle of photon pairs generated from a nonlinear metasurface. Our measurements show angularly tunable pair-generation with high coincidence-to-accidental ratio for both co- and counter-propagating emission. The underlying principle is the transverse phase-matching of guided-mode resonances with strong angular dispersion in a nonlinear lithium niobate metagrating. We provide a straightforward design strategy for photon pair generation in such a device and find very good agreement between the calculations and experimental results. Here we use all-optical emission angle tuning by means of the pump wavelength, however the principle could be extended to modulation via the electro-optic effect in lithium niobate. In sum, this work provides an important addition to the toolset of sub-wavelength thickness photon pair sources.

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