Pure single photon generation by type-I
PDC with backward-wave amplification

doi:10.1364/OE.17.003441

Pure single photon generation by type-I PDC with backward-wave amplification

A. Christ, A. Eckstein, P. J. Mosley, and C. Silberhorn »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 17, Issue 5, pp. 3441-3446 (2009)
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We explore a promising method of generating pure heralded single photons. Our approach is based on parametric downconversion in a periodically-poled waveguide. However, unlike conventional downconversion sources, the photon pairs are counter-propagating: one travels with the pump beam in the forward direction while the other is backpropagating towards the laser source. Our calculations reveal that these downconverted two-photon states carry minimal spectral correlations within each photon-pair. This approach offers the possibility to employ a new range of downconversion processes and materials like PPLN (previously considered unsuitable due to its unfavorable phasematching properties) to produce heralded pure single photons over a broad frequency range.

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(190.4410) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, parametric processes

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Nonlinear Optics

History
Original Manuscript: January 5, 2009
Revised Manuscript: February 9, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: February 9, 2009
Published: February 19, 2009

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A. Christ, A. Eckstein, P. J. Mosley, and C. Silberhorn, "Pure single photon generation by type-I PDC with backward-wave amplification," Opt. Express 17, 3441-3446 (2009)
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Awano, H.
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Beausoleil, R. G.
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Booth, M. C.
Braunstein, S. L.
Canalias, C.
de Rossi, A.
Di Giuseppe, G.
Ducci, S.
Eberly, J. H.
Fejer, M. M.
Fiorentino, M.
Grice, W. P.
Harris, S. E.
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Islam, M.
Jr, J. P.
Lanco, L.
Law, C. K.
Leo, G.
Likforman, J.-P.
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Marcadet, X.
Milburn, G. J.
Minakata, M.
Mosley, P. J.
Munro, M. W.
Munro, W. J.
Nagano, S.
Pasiskevicius, V.
Ralph, T. C.
Ravaro, M.
Roberts, T. D.
Saleh, B. E. A.
Sergienko, A. V.
Seurin, Y.
Shaw, M. D.
Smith, B. J.
Spillane, S. M.
Sugiyama, T.
Teich, M. C.
Vamivakas, A. N.
van Houwelingen, J. A.W.
van Loock, P.
Walmsley, I. A.
Wasylczyk, P.
White, A. G.
Yoneyama, S.
Zbinden, H.

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S. E. Harris, "Proposed backward wave oscillation in the infrared," Appl. Phys. Lett. 9, 114-116 (1966). [CrossRef]

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D. S. Hum and M. M. Fejer, "Quasi-phasematching," C. R. Phys. 8, 180-198 (2007). [CrossRef]

J. Appl. Phys.

M. Ravaro, Y. Seurin, S. Ducci, G. Leo, V. Berger, A. de Rossi, and G. Assanto, "Nonlinear AlGaAs waveguide for the generation of counterpropagating twin photons in the telecom range," J. Appl. Phys. 98, 063103-063109 (2005). [CrossRef]

Laser Phys. Lett.

A. B. U’Ren, C. Silberhorn, R. Erdmann, K. Banaszek, W. P. Grice, I. A. Walmsley, and M. G. Raymer, "Generation of Pure-State Single-Photon Wavepackets by Conditional Preparation based on Spontaneous Parametric Downconversion," Laser Phys. Lett. 15, 146-160 (2005).

Nat. Photonics

C. Canalias and V. Pasiskevicius, "Mirrorless optical parametric oscillator," Nat. Photonics 1, 459-462 (2007). [CrossRef]

Opt. Express

M. Fiorentino, S. M. Spillane, R. G. Beausoleil, T. D. Roberts, P. Battle, and M. W. Munro, "Spontaneous parametric down-conversion in periodically poled KTP waveguides and bulk crystals," Opt. Express 15, 7479-7488 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Phys. Rev. A

G. Di Giuseppe, M. Atatüre, M. D. Shaw, A. V. Sergienko, B. E. A. Saleh, and M. C. Teich, "Entangled photon generation from parametric down-conversion in media with inhomogeneous nonlinearity," Phys. Rev. A 66, 013801-013818 (2002). [CrossRef]
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J. P. Jr., "Quantum properties of counterpropagating two-photon states generated in a planar waveguide," Phys. Rev. A 77, 013803-013817 (2008). [CrossRef]
M. C. Booth, M. Atature, G. Di Giuseppe, A. V. Sergienko, B. E. A. Saleh, and M. C. Teich, "Counter-propagating entangled photons from a waveguide with periodic nonlinearity," Phys. Rev. A 66, 023815 (2002). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. Lett.

L. Lanco, S. Ducci, J.-P. Likforman, X. Marcadet, J. A.W. van Houwelingen, H. Zbinden, G. Leo, and V. Berger, "Semiconductor Waveguide Source of Counterpropagating Twin Photons," Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 173901-173905 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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P. J. Mosley, J. S. Lundeen, B. J. Smith, P. Wasylczyk, A. B. U’Ren, C. Silberhorn, and I. A.Walmsley, "Heralded Generation of Ultrafast Single Photons in Pure Quantum States," Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 133601-133605 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

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Solid-State Electron.

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Other

D. Marcuse, Theory of dielectric optical waveguides, (Academic, New York) pp. 49-59 (1974).
A. Christ, A. Eckstein, K. Laiho, T. Lauckner, P. J. Mosley, and C. Silberhorn, "Spatial to spectral mode mapping in waveguided PDC," to be published, (2009).

2008, Mosley, Phys. Rev. Lett.
2008, Jr, Phys. Rev. A
2007, Canalias, Nat. Photonics
2007, Fiorentino, Opt. Express
2007, Hum, C. R. Phys.
2006, Minakata, Solid-State Electron.
2006, Lanco, Phys. Rev. Lett.
2005, Ravaro, J. Appl. Phys.
2005, , Laser Phys. Lett.
2005, Braunstein, Rev. Mod. Phys.
2004, Vamivakas, Phys. Rev. A
2002, Booth, Phys. Rev. A
2002, Di Giuseppe, Phys. Rev. A
2001, Ralph, Phys. Rev. A
2000, Law, Phys. Rev. Lett.
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[1] S. L. Braunstein and P. van Loock, "Quantum information with continuous variables," Rev. Mod. Phys. 77, 513-577 (2005). [CrossRef]

[2] T. C. Ralph, A. G. White, W. J. Munro, and G. J. Milburn, "Simple scheme for efficient linear optics quantum gates," Phys. Rev. A 65, 012314-012320 (2001). [CrossRef]

[3] P. J. Mosley, J. S. Lundeen, B. J. Smith, P. Wasylczyk, A. B. U’Ren, C. Silberhorn, and I. A.Walmsley, "Heralded Generation of Ultrafast Single Photons in Pure Quantum States," Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 133601-133605 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[4] M. Fiorentino, S. M. Spillane, R. G. Beausoleil, T. D. Roberts, P. Battle, and M. W. Munro, "Spontaneous parametric down-conversion in periodically poled KTP waveguides and bulk crystals," Opt. Express 15, 7479-7488 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[5] G. Di Giuseppe, M. Atatüre, M. D. Shaw, A. V. Sergienko, B. E. A. Saleh, and M. C. Teich, "Entangled photon generation from parametric down-conversion in media with inhomogeneous nonlinearity," Phys. Rev. A 66, 013801-013818 (2002). [CrossRef]

[6] D. S. Hum and M. M. Fejer, "Quasi-phasematching," C. R. Phys. 8, 180-198 (2007). [CrossRef]

[7] W. P. Grice and I. A. Walmsley, "Spectral information and distinguishability in type-II down-conversion with a broadband pump," Phys. Rev. A 56, 1627-1634 (1997). [CrossRef]

[8] A. B. U’Ren, C. Silberhorn, R. Erdmann, K. Banaszek, W. P. Grice, I. A. Walmsley, and M. G. Raymer, "Generation of Pure-State Single-Photon Wavepackets by Conditional Preparation based on Spontaneous Parametric Downconversion," Laser Phys. Lett. 15, 146-160 (2005).

[9] C. K. Law, I. A. Walmsley, and J. H. Eberly, "Continuous Frequency Entanglement: Effective Finite Hilbert Space and Entropy Control," Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 5304-5307 (2000). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[10] S. E. Harris, "Proposed backward wave oscillation in the infrared," Appl. Phys. Lett. 9, 114-116 (1966). [CrossRef]

[11] M. C. Booth, M. Atature, G. Di Giuseppe, A. V. Sergienko, B. E. A. Saleh, and M. C. Teich, "Counter-propagating entangled photons from a waveguide with periodic nonlinearity," Phys. Rev. A 66, 023815 (2002). [CrossRef]

[12] L. Lanco, S. Ducci, J.-P. Likforman, X. Marcadet, J. A.W. van Houwelingen, H. Zbinden, G. Leo, and V. Berger, "Semiconductor Waveguide Source of Counterpropagating Twin Photons," Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 173901-173905 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[13] M. Ravaro, Y. Seurin, S. Ducci, G. Leo, V. Berger, A. de Rossi, and G. Assanto, "Nonlinear AlGaAs waveguide for the generation of counterpropagating twin photons in the telecom range," J. Appl. Phys. 98, 063103-063109 (2005). [CrossRef]

[14] J. P. Jr., "Quantum properties of counterpropagating two-photon states generated in a planar waveguide," Phys. Rev. A 77, 013803-013817 (2008). [CrossRef]

[15] C. Canalias and V. Pasiskevicius, "Mirrorless optical parametric oscillator," Nat. Photonics 1, 459-462 (2007). [CrossRef]

[16] M. Minakata, M. Islam, S. Nagano, S. Yoneyama, T. Sugiyama, and H. Awano, "Nanometer size periodic domain inversion in LiNbO3 substrate using circular form full cover electrodes," Solid-State Electron. 50, 848-852 (2006). [CrossRef]

[17] A. N. Vamivakas, B. E. A. Saleh, A. V. Sergienko, and M. C. Teich, "Theory of spontaneous parametric downconversion from photonic crystals," Phys. Rev. A 70, 043810-043817 (2004). [CrossRef]

[18] D. Marcuse, Theory of dielectric optical waveguides, (Academic, New York) pp. 49-59 (1974).

[19] A. Christ, A. Eckstein, K. Laiho, T. Lauckner, P. J. Mosley, and C. Silberhorn, "Spatial to spectral mode mapping in waveguided PDC," to be published, (2009).

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