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Anwar A, Perumangatt C, Steinlechner F, Jennewein T, Ling A. Entangled photon-pair sources based on three-wave mixing in bulk crystals. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2021; 92:041101. [PMID: 34243479 DOI: 10.1063/5.0023103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Entangled photon pairs are a critical resource in quantum communication protocols ranging from quantum key distribution to teleportation. The current workhorse technique for producing photon pairs is via spontaneous parametric down conversion (SPDC) in bulk nonlinear crystals. The increased prominence of quantum networks has led to a growing interest in deployable high performance entangled photon-pair sources. This manuscript provides a review of the state-of-the-art bulk-optics-based SPDC sources with continuous wave pump and discusses some of the main considerations when building for deployment.
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- Ali Anwar
- Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 2, S117543 Singapore, Singapore
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- Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 2, S117543 Singapore, Singapore
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF, Albert-Einstein-Straße 7, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Quantum Computing and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave. W, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 2, S117543 Singapore, Singapore
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Lee GH, Im DG, Kim Y, Kim US, Kim YH. Observation of second-order interference beyond the coherence time with true thermal photons. OPTICS LETTERS 2020; 45:6748-6751. [PMID: 33325887 DOI: 10.1364/ol.413287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 11/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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It has recently been shown that counter-intuitive Franson-like second-order interference can be observed with a pair of classically correlated pseudo thermal light beams and two separate unbalanced interferometers (UIs): the second-order interference visibility remains fixed at 1/3 even though the path length difference in each UI is increased significantly beyond the coherence length of the pseudo thermal light [Phys. Rev. Lett.119, 223603 (2017)PRLTAO0031-900710.1103/PhysRevLett.119.223603]. However, as the pseudo thermal beam itself originated from a long-coherence laser (and by using a rotating ground disk), there exists the possibility of a classical theoretical model to account for second-order interference beyond the coherence time on the long coherence time of the original laser beam. In this work, we experimentally explore this counter-intuitive phenomenon with a true thermal photon source generated via quantum thermalization, i.e., obtaining a mixed state from a pure two-photon entangled state. This experiment not only demonstrates the unique second-order coherence properties of thermal light clearly but may also open up remote sensing applications based on such effects.
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Im DG, Kim Y, Kim YH. Periodic revival of frustrated two-photon creation via interference. OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 27:7593-7601. [PMID: 30876321 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.007593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2019] [Accepted: 02/20/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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It has been known that suitably placed external mirrors can enhance and suppress emission of entangled photon pairs in spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC), known as frustrated two-photon creation via interference. In this work, we report periodic revival of frustrated two-photon creation via interference with SPDC pumped by a continuous-wave (cw) multi-mode laser. As the mirrors are translated relative to the position of the SPDC source, the effect of frustrated two-photon creation via interference gradually dies off. However, as the mirrors are translated even further, the effect of frustrated two-photon creation via interference re-appears periodically. Our theoretical and numerical analyses show that this revival phenomenon is due to the nature of cw multi-mode pump laser. This work clearly demonstrates how the properties of the pump laser, in addition to suitably placed external mirrors, can be used to modify the process of spontaneous two-photon emission.
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Ihn YS, Kim Y, Tamma V, Kim YH. Second-Order Temporal Interference with Thermal Light: Interference beyond the Coherence Time. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2017; 119:263603. [PMID: 29328723 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.119.263603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We report the observation of a counterintuitive phenomenon in multipath correlation interferometry with thermal light. The intensity correlation between the outputs of two unbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometers (UMZIs) with two classically correlated beams of thermal light at the input exhibits genuine second-order interference with the visibility of 1/3. Surprisingly, the second-order interference does not degrade at all no matter how much the path length difference in each UMZI is increased beyond the coherence length of the thermal light. Moreover, the second-order interference is dependent on the difference of the UMZI phases. These results differ substantially from those of the entangled-photon Franson interferometer, which exhibits two-photon interference dependent on the sum of the UMZI phases and the interference vanishes as the path length difference in each UMZI exceeds the coherence length of the pump laser. Our work offers deeper insight into the interplay between interference and coherence in multiphoton interferometry.
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- Yong Sup Ihn
- Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Korea
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- Faculty of Science, SEES and Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 3QL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Korea
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Kim H, Lee SM, Moon HS. Two-photon interference of temporally separated photons. Sci Rep 2016; 6:34805. [PMID: 27708380 PMCID: PMC5052585 DOI: 10.1038/srep34805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2016] [Accepted: 09/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We present experimental demonstrations of two-photon interference involving temporally separated photons within two types of interferometers: a Mach-Zehnder interferometer and a polarization-based Michelson interferometer. The two-photon states are probabilistically prepared in a symmetrically superposed state within the two interferometer arms by introducing a large time delay between two input photons; this state is composed of two temporally separated photons, which are in two different or the same spatial modes. We then observe two-photon interference fringes involving both the Hong-Ou-Mandel interference effect and the interference of path-entangled two-photon states simultaneously in a single interferometric setup. The observed two-photon interference fringes provide simultaneous observation of the interferometric properties of the single-photon and two-photon wavepackets. The observations can also facilitate a more comprehensive understanding of the origins of the interference phenomena arising from spatially bunched/anti-bunched two-photon states comprised of two temporally separated photons within the interferometer arms.
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- Heonoh Kim
- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Geumjeong-Gu, Busan 609-735, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Geumjeong-Gu, Busan 609-735, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Geumjeong-Gu, Busan 609-735, Korea
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Lim HT, Hong KH, Kim YH. Effects of polarization mode dispersion on polarization-entangled photons generated via broadband pumped spontaneous parametric down-conversion. Sci Rep 2016; 6:25846. [PMID: 27174100 PMCID: PMC4865730 DOI: 10.1038/srep25846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2015] [Accepted: 04/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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An inexpensive and compact frequency multi-mode diode laser enables a compact two-photon polarization entanglement source via the continuous wave broadband pumped spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) process. Entanglement degradation caused by polarization mode dispersion (PMD) is one of the critical issues in optical fiber-based polarization entanglement distribution. We theoretically and experimentally investigate how the initial entanglement is degraded when the two-photon polarization entangled state undergoes PMD. We report an effect of PMD unique to broadband pumped SPDC, equally applicable to pulsed pumping as well as cw broadband pumping, which is that the amount of the entanglement degradation is asymmetrical to the PMD introduced to each quantum channel. We believe that our results have important applications in long-distance distribution of polarization entanglement via optical fiber channels.
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- Hyang-Tag Lim
- Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 790-784, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 790-784, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 790-784, Korea
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Jeong YC, Hong KH, Kim YH. Bright source of polarization-entangled photons using a PPKTP pumped by a broadband multi-mode diode laser. OPTICS EXPRESS 2016; 24:1165-1174. [PMID: 26832500 DOI: 10.1364/oe.24.001165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We report a bright source of polarization-entangled photon pairs using spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) in a 10 mm long type-II PPKTP crystal pumped by a broadband multi-mode diode laser with the coherence length of 330 μm. Ordinarily, the huge mismatch between the pump coherence length and the PPKTP length would degrade the polarization entanglement completely. By employing the universal Bell-state synthesizer scheme, we remove the spectral/temporal distinguishability of the biphoton amplitudes entirely to recover high-visibility and high-fidelity two-photon polarization entanglement. The pair detection rates are 7,000 pairs/mW via single-mode fibers (with 99.2% fidelity) and 90,900 pairs/mW via multi-mode fibers (with 96.8% fidelity). We also analyze the scheme theoretically to show the effect of broadband multi-mode pumping on the phase matching condition of the type-II PPKTP.
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Kim YS, Slattery O, Kuo PS, Tang X. Two-photon interference with continuous-wave multi-mode coherent light. OPTICS EXPRESS 2014; 22:3611-3620. [PMID: 24663652 DOI: 10.1364/oe.22.003611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We report two-photon interference with continuous-wave multi-mode coherent light. We show that the two-photon interference, in terms of the detection time difference, reveals two-photon beating fringes with the visibility V = 0.5. While scanning the optical delay of the interferometer, Hong-Ou-Mandel dips or peaks are measured depending on the chosen detection time difference. The HOM dips/peaks are repeated when the optical delay and the first-order coherence revival period of the multi-mode coherent light are the same. These results help to understand the nature of two-photon interference and also can be useful for quantum information science.
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Kwon O, Park KK, Ra YS, Kim YS, Kim YH. Time-bin entangled photon pairs from spontaneous parametric down-conversion pumped by a cw multi-mode diode laser. OPTICS EXPRESS 2013; 21:25492-25500. [PMID: 24150388 DOI: 10.1364/oe.21.025492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Generation of time-bin entangled photon pairs requires the use of the Franson interferometer which consists of two spatially separated unbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometers through which the signal and idler photons from spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) are made to transmit individually. There have been two SPDC pumping regimes where the scheme works: the narrowband regime and the double-pulse regime. In the narrowband regime, the SPDC process is pumped by a narrowband cw laser with the coherence length much longer than the path length difference of the Franson interferometer. In the double-pulse regime, the longitudinal separation between the pulse pair is made equal to the path length difference of the Franson interferometer. In this paper, we propose another regime by which the generation of time-bin entanglement is possible and demonstrate the scheme experimentally. In our scheme, differently from the previous approaches, the SPDC process is pumped by a cw multi-mode (i.e., short coherence length) laser and makes use of the coherence revival property of such a laser. The high-visibility two-photon Franson interference demonstrates clearly that high-quality time-bin entanglement source can be developed using inexpensive cw multi-mode diode lasers for various quantum communication applications.
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