Ultrafast single-photon detection using nanophotonic parametric amplifiers

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2410.18397v2
• Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 04:18:53 GMT
• Title: Ultrafast single-photon detection using nanophotonic parametric amplifiers
• Authors: Elina Sendonaris, James Williams, Rajveer Nehra, Robert Gray, Ryoto Sekine, Luis Ledezma, Alireza Marandi,
• Abstract summary: Single photon detectors have been the subject of intense study due to their ubiquity in nanophotonic platforms. We propose and demonstrate a single photon detection scheme based on optical parametric amplification in nanophotonic lithium niobate (LN) combined with a classical photodetector. We show that by improving the nonlinearity-to-loss ratio in nanophotonics and using homodyne detection on a squeezed pump, the detector can achieve 69% efficiency with 0.9% dark count rate.
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• Abstract: Integrated photonic quantum information processing (QIP) has advanced rapidly due to progress in various nanophotonic platforms. Single photon detectors have been the subject of intense study due to their ubiquity in QIP systems, yet many state-of-the art detectors operate at cryogenic temperatures under vacuum and suffer from long dead times. We propose and demonstrate a single photon detection scheme based on optical parametric amplification in nanophotonic lithium niobate (LN) combined with a classical photodetector. We use quantum detector tomography and experimentally demonstrate an efficiency of 26.5% with a 2.2% dark count rate. We show that by improving the nonlinearity-to-loss ratio in nanophotonics and using homodyne detection on a squeezed pump, the detector can achieve 69% efficiency with 0.9% dark count rate. The detector operates at room temperature, has no intrinsic dead time, and is readily integrated in LN nanophotonics, in which many other components of photonic QIP are available. Our results represent a step towards all-optical ultrafast photon detection for scalable nanophotonic QIP.

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