Robust and bright polarization-entangled photon sources exploiting non-critical phase matching without periodic poling
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2409.07673v1
- Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:28:53 GMT
- Title: Robust and bright polarization-entangled photon sources exploiting non-critical phase matching without periodic poling
- Authors: Ilhwan Kim, Yosep Kim, Yong-Su Kim, Kwang Jo Lee, Hyang-Tag Lim,
- Abstract summary: Periodically poled (PP) crystals are commonly used to generate bright photon sources through quasi-phase matching.
Here, we adopt non-critical phase matching to produce a robust and bright polarization-entangled photon source based on a Sagnac interferometer.
We experimentally produce the four Bell states with a brightness of 25.1 kHz/mW, achieving purity, concurrence, and fidelity values close to 0.99.
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- License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Abstract: Entangled photon sources are essential for quantum information applications, including quantum computation, quantum communication, and quantum metrology. Periodically poled (PP) crystals are commonly used to generate bright photon sources through quasi-phase matching. However, fabricating uniform micron-scale periodic structures poses significant technical difficulties, typically limiting the crystal thickness to less than a millimeter. Here, we adopt non-critical phase matching to produce a robust and bright polarization-entangled photon source based on a Sagnac interferometer. This method is tolerant of variations in pump incidence angles and temperature, and theoretically offers about a 2.5-fold brightness enhancement compared to quasi-phase matching. Additionally, the absence of periodic poling allows for a larger crystal cross-section. Using a bulk KTP crystal without a PP structure, we experimentally produce the four Bell states with a brightness of 25.1 kHz/mW, achieving purity, concurrence, and fidelity values close to 0.99. We believe our scheme will serve as a key building block for scalable and practical photonic quantum information applications.
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