Hyperentangled photon sources in semiconductor waveguides

Dongpeng Kang; L. G. Helt; Sergei V. Zhukovsky; Juan P. Torres; J. E. Sipe; A. S. Helmy

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.89.023833

Hyperentangled photon sources in semiconductor waveguides

Dongpeng Kang^*, L. G. Helt, Sergei V. Zhukovsky, Juan P. Torres, J. E. Sipe, A. S. Helmy

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Abstract

We propose and analyze the performance of a technique to generate mode and polarization hyperentangled photons in monolithic semiconductor waveguides using two concurrent type-II spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) processes. These two SPDC processes are achieved by waveguide engineering which allows for simultaneous modal phase matching with the pump beam in a higher-order mode. Paired photons generated in each process are cross polarized and guided by different guiding mechanisms, which produces entanglement in both polarization and spatial mode. Theoretical analysis shows that the output quantum state has a high quality of hyperentanglement by spectral filtering with a bandwidth of a few nanometers, while off-chip compensation is not needed. This technique offers a path to realize an electrically pumped hyperentangled photon source.

Original language	English
Article number	023833
Pages (from-to)	1-8
Number of pages	8
Journal	Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume	89
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.89.023833
Publication status	Published - 19 Feb 2014

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