Photon-Number-Resolving Detector Based on a Cascade of Waveguide-Coupled Quantum Emitters

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2507.09034v1
• Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 21:26:59 GMT
• Title: Photon-Number-Resolving Detector Based on a Cascade of Waveguide-Coupled Quantum Emitters
• Authors: Abdolreza Pasharavesh, Sai Sreesh Venuturumilli, Michal Bajcsy,
• Abstract summary: We investigate the operation of a photon-number-resolving (PNR) detector consisting of a cascade of waveguide-coupled-type emitters.<n>We apply the quantum trajectory method to the cascaded setup, calculating the achievable precision and analyzing its dependence on key system parameters.<n>Our results indicate that the proposed scheme can outperform conventional detectors under realistic conditions.
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• Abstract: We investigate the operation of a photon-number-resolving (PNR) detector consisting of a cascade of waveguide-coupled lambda-type emitters, where each waveguide-coupled emitter extracts a single photon from the input light and sends it to a single-photon detector. Using Green's function and input-output formalisms, we derive the scattering matrices and photon-photon correlators for individual scatterers. By cascading these results, we obtain a closed-form expression for the detector's precision in the linear regime and predict how correlations generated by nonlinear photon-photon interactions influence this precision. To evaluate the performance of this PNR detector in the nonlinear regime, we apply the quantum trajectory method to the cascaded setup, calculating the achievable precision and analyzing its dependence on key system parameters, such as the number of emitters and their coupling strength to the waveguide. We compare the performance of the proposed PNR detector with that of a conventional PNR scheme based on spatial demultiplexing via beamsplitters. Our results indicate that the proposed scheme can outperform conventional detectors under realistic conditions, making it a promising candidate for next-generation PNR detection.

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