Generation of Schrödinger cat-like states via degenerate dual pump spontaneous four-wave mixing in a $χ^{(3)}$ microring resonator

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15275v1
• Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:45:58 GMT
• Title: Generation of Schrödinger cat-like states via degenerate dual pump spontaneous four-wave mixing in a $χ^{(3)}$ microring resonator
• Abstract summary: We theoretically investigate the generation of non-Gaussian quantum states via dualpump spontaneous four-wave mixing in a $(3)$-based microring resonator.<n>For the non-dissipative case, we find that the signal mode $hatb_3$ or $hata_3$ exhibits clear non-Gaussian features with a structured photon number distribution.<n>Our results demonstrate that degenerate dual-pump spontaneous four-wave mixing in microring resonators is a promising platform for generating and controlling cat-like states under dissipative conditions.
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• Abstract: We theoretically investigate the generation of non-Gaussian quantum states, specifically Schrödinger cat-like states (SCLSs), via degenerate dual-pump spontaneous four-wave mixing in a $χ^{(3)}$-based microring resonator. By introducing a unitary transformation that exactly decouples the self-phase modulation (SPM) and cross-phase modulation (XPM) terms, we reduce the full nonlinear Hamiltonian to an effective three-mode interaction. The resulting dynamics (decoupled and full Hamiltonians) are studied using the Lindblad master equation, accounting for cavity losses. Unlike semiclassical or parametric approximations, our full quantum mechanical approach explicitly includes quantum pump depletion, which enables the emergence and observation of non-Gaussian features. We compute the Wigner function, photon number distributions, quadrature variances, Fano factor, Schmidt number, and fidelity to characterize the generated states. For the non-dissipative case, we find that the signal mode $\hat{b}_3$ or $\hat{a}_3$ exhibits clear non-Gaussian features with a structured Wigner function and even-dominated photon number distribution, characteristic of an even coherent state. In the presence of dissipation ($γ_j = 0.2$), the interference fringes become faint, odd photon numbers appear, and the fidelity with the ideal state remains high ($>0.9$), indicating robustness. The pump mode $\hat{b}_1$ or $\hat{a}_1$ remains Gaussian, while both modes display super-Poissonian statistics and entanglement ($>2$). Our results demonstrate that degenerate dual-pump spontaneous four-wave mixing in microring resonators is a promising platform for generating and controlling cat-like states under dissipative conditions.

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