Efficient photon-pair emission from a nanostructured resonator and its theoretical description

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2603.24351v1
• Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 14:28:46 GMT
• Title: Efficient photon-pair emission from a nanostructured resonator and its theoretical description
• Abstract summary: Spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) in subwavelength nonlinear nanostructures is emerging as a promising source of quantum light.<n>Here we measure the spatial and spectral properties of photon pairs generated via SPDC in a lithium-niobate bullseye nanostructured resonator.<n>Our results provide new physical insight into SPDC in nanostructures and represent an important step toward predictive design strategies for efficient nanoscale sources of quantum light.
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• Abstract: Spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) in subwavelength nonlinear nanostructures is emerging as a promising source of quantum light, owing to its intrinsic multifunctionality and ability to generate versatile and complex quantum states. Despite this growing interest, the physical mechanisms governing photon-pair generation in nanostructures remain only partially understood. In particular, experimental investigations of key emission properties in individual resonators, such as spatial directionality and spectral characteristics, are still lacking, and predictive theoretical frameworks with direct experimental validation have not yet been established. Here we measure, for the first time, the spatial and spectral properties of photon pairs generated via SPDC in a lithium-niobate bullseye nanostructured resonator. Both spatial and spectral properties show a resonant behavior, which we describe within an extended quasi-normal-mode theoretical framework. This comparison with the theory is enabled by photon-pair count rates reaching up to 0.45 Hz/mW, to our knowledge, the highest reported to date for a nanostructured resonator. Our results provide new physical insight into SPDC in nanostructures and represent an important step toward predictive design strategies for efficient nanoscale sources of quantum light.

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