Frequency and polarization emission properties of a photon-pair source based on a photonic crystal fiber

Abstract In this work, we experimentally demonstrate a photon-pair source with correlations in the frequency and polarization degrees of freedom. We base our source on the spontaneous four-wave mixing (SFWM) process in a photonic crystal fiber. We show theoretically that the two-photon state is the...

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Autores principales:	Daniel De la Torre-Robles, Francisco Dominguez-Serna, Gisell Lorena Osorio, Alfred B. U’Ren, David Bermudez, Karina Garay-Palmett
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:19b8e1d464864741bb8d44d416ea5b0e2021-12-02T19:12:28ZFrequency and polarization emission properties of a photon-pair source based on a photonic crystal fiber10.1038/s41598-021-97563-22045-2322https://doaj.org/article/19b8e1d464864741bb8d44d416ea5b0e2021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97563-2https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract In this work, we experimentally demonstrate a photon-pair source with correlations in the frequency and polarization degrees of freedom. We base our source on the spontaneous four-wave mixing (SFWM) process in a photonic crystal fiber. We show theoretically that the two-photon state is the coherent superposition of up to six distinct SFWM processes, each corresponding to a distinct combination of polarizations for the four waves involved and giving rise to an energy-conserving pair of peaks. Our experimental measurements, both in terms of single and coincidence counts, confirm the presence of these pairs of peaks, while we also present related numerical simulations with excellent experiment-theory agreement. We explicitly show how the pump frequency and polarization may be used to effectively control the signal-idler photon-pair properties, defining which of the six processes can participate in the overall two-photon state and at which optical frequencies. We analyze the signal-idler correlations in frequency and polarization, and in terms of fiber characterization, we input the SFWM-peak experimental data into a genetic algorithm which successfully predicts the values of the parameters that characterize the fiber cross section, as well as predict the particular SFWM process associated with a given pair of peaks. We believe our work will help advance the exploitation of photon-pair correlations in the frequency and polarization degrees of freedom.Daniel De la Torre-RoblesFrancisco Dominguez-SernaGisell Lorena OsorioAlfred B. U’RenDavid BermudezKarina Garay-PalmettNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Daniel De la Torre-Robles Francisco Dominguez-Serna Gisell Lorena Osorio Alfred B. U’Ren David Bermudez Karina Garay-Palmett Frequency and polarization emission properties of a photon-pair source based on a photonic crystal fiber
description	Abstract In this work, we experimentally demonstrate a photon-pair source with correlations in the frequency and polarization degrees of freedom. We base our source on the spontaneous four-wave mixing (SFWM) process in a photonic crystal fiber. We show theoretically that the two-photon state is the coherent superposition of up to six distinct SFWM processes, each corresponding to a distinct combination of polarizations for the four waves involved and giving rise to an energy-conserving pair of peaks. Our experimental measurements, both in terms of single and coincidence counts, confirm the presence of these pairs of peaks, while we also present related numerical simulations with excellent experiment-theory agreement. We explicitly show how the pump frequency and polarization may be used to effectively control the signal-idler photon-pair properties, defining which of the six processes can participate in the overall two-photon state and at which optical frequencies. We analyze the signal-idler correlations in frequency and polarization, and in terms of fiber characterization, we input the SFWM-peak experimental data into a genetic algorithm which successfully predicts the values of the parameters that characterize the fiber cross section, as well as predict the particular SFWM process associated with a given pair of peaks. We believe our work will help advance the exploitation of photon-pair correlations in the frequency and polarization degrees of freedom.
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author	Daniel De la Torre-Robles Francisco Dominguez-Serna Gisell Lorena Osorio Alfred B. U’Ren David Bermudez Karina Garay-Palmett
author_facet	Daniel De la Torre-Robles Francisco Dominguez-Serna Gisell Lorena Osorio Alfred B. U’Ren David Bermudez Karina Garay-Palmett
author_sort	Daniel De la Torre-Robles
title	Frequency and polarization emission properties of a photon-pair source based on a photonic crystal fiber
title_short	Frequency and polarization emission properties of a photon-pair source based on a photonic crystal fiber
title_full	Frequency and polarization emission properties of a photon-pair source based on a photonic crystal fiber
title_fullStr	Frequency and polarization emission properties of a photon-pair source based on a photonic crystal fiber
title_full_unstemmed	Frequency and polarization emission properties of a photon-pair source based on a photonic crystal fiber
title_sort	frequency and polarization emission properties of a photon-pair source based on a photonic crystal fiber
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/19b8e1d464864741bb8d44d416ea5b0e
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Frequency and polarization emission properties of a photon-pair source based on a photonic crystal fiber

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