Chip-based array of near-identical, pure, heralded single-photon sources
Chip-based array of near-identical, pure, heralded single-photon sources
Interference between independent single photons is perhaps the most fundamental interaction in quantum optics. It has become increasingly important as a tool for optical quantum information science, as one of the rudimentary quantum operations, together with photon detection, for generating entanglement between non-interacting particles. Despite this, demonstrations of large-scale photonic networks involving more than two independent sources of quantum light have been limited due to the difficulty in constructing large arrays of high-quality, single-photon sources. Here, we solve the key challenge, reporting on a novel array of five near-identical, low-loss, high-purity, heralded single-photon sources using spontaneous four-wave mixing on a silica chip. We verify source quality through a series of heralded Hong–Ou–Mandel (HOM) experiments, and further report the experimental three-photon extension of the HOM interference effect, which maps out for the first time, to our knowledge, the interference landscape between three independent single-photon sources.
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Spring, Justin B., Mennea, Paolo L., Metcalf, Benjamin J., Humphreys, Peter C., Gates, James C., Rogers, Helen L., Soller, Christoph, Smith, Brian J., Kolthammer, W. Steven, Smith, Peter G.R. and Walmsley, Ian A.
(2017)
Chip-based array of near-identical, pure, heralded single-photon sources.
Optica, 4 (1), .
(doi:10.1364/OPTICA.4.000090).
Abstract
Interference between independent single photons is perhaps the most fundamental interaction in quantum optics. It has become increasingly important as a tool for optical quantum information science, as one of the rudimentary quantum operations, together with photon detection, for generating entanglement between non-interacting particles. Despite this, demonstrations of large-scale photonic networks involving more than two independent sources of quantum light have been limited due to the difficulty in constructing large arrays of high-quality, single-photon sources. Here, we solve the key challenge, reporting on a novel array of five near-identical, low-loss, high-purity, heralded single-photon sources using spontaneous four-wave mixing on a silica chip. We verify source quality through a series of heralded Hong–Ou–Mandel (HOM) experiments, and further report the experimental three-photon extension of the HOM interference effect, which maps out for the first time, to our knowledge, the interference landscape between three independent single-photon sources.
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Accepted/In Press date: 14 November 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 11 January 2017
Published date: 20 January 2017
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