493 research outputs found
Photonic circuits for generating modal, spectral, and polarization entanglement
We consider the design of photonic circuits that make use of Ti:LiNbO
diffused channel waveguides for generating photons with various combinations of
modal, spectral, and polarization entanglement. Down-converted photon pairs are
generated via spontaneous optical parametric down-conversion (SPDC) in a
two-mode waveguide. We study a class of photonic circuits comprising: 1) a
nonlinear periodically poled two-mode waveguide structure, 2) a set of
single-mode and two-mode waveguide-based couplers arranged in such a way that
they suitably separate the three photons comprising the SPDC process, and, for
some applications, 3) a holographic Bragg grating that acts as a dichroic
reflector. The first circuit produces frequency-degenerate down-converted
photons, each with even spatial parity, in two separate single-mode waveguides.
Changing the parameters of the elements allows this same circuit to produce two
nondegenerate down-converted photons that are entangled in frequency or
simultaneously entangled in frequency and polarization. The second photonic
circuit is designed to produce modal entanglement by distinguishing the photons
on the basis of their frequencies. A modified version of this circuit can be
used to generate photons that are doubly entangled in mode number and
polarization. The third photonic circuit is designed to manage dispersion by
converting modal, spectral, and polarization entanglement into path
entanglement
Simple model for 1/f noise
We present a simple stochastic mechanism which generates pulse trains
exhibiting a power law distribution of the pulse intervals and a
power spectrum over several decades at low frequencies with close to
one. The essential ingredient of our model is a fluctuating threshold which
performs a Brownian motion. Whenever an increasing potential hits the
threshold, is reset to the origin and a pulse is emitted. We show that
if increases linearly in time, the pulse intervals can be approximated
by a random walk with multiplicative noise. Our model agrees with recent
experiments in neurobiology and explains the high interpulse interval
variability and the occurrence of noise observed in cortical
neurons and earthquake data.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Synthesis and Analysis of Entangled Photonic Qubits in Spatial-Parity Space
We present the novel embodiment of a photonic qubit that makes use of one
continuous spatial degree of freedom of a single photon and relies on the the
parity of the photon's transverse spatial distribution. Using optical
spontaneous parametric downconversion to produce photon pairs, we demonstrate
the controlled generation of entangled-photon states in this new space.
Specifically, two Bell states, and a continuum of their superpositions, are
generated by simple manipulation of a classical parameter, the optical-pump
spatial parity, and not by manipulation of the entangled photons themselves. An
interferometric device, isomorphic in action to a polarizing beam splitter,
projects the spatial-parity states onto an even--odd basis. This new physical
realization of photonic qubits could be used as a foundation for future
experiments in quantum information processing.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, submitted to PR
Polarization-sensitive quantum-optical coherence tomography
We set forth a polarization-sensitive quantum-optical coherence tomography
(PS-QOCT) technique that provides axial optical sectioning with
polarization-sensitive capabilities. The technique provides a means for
determining information about the optical path length between isotropic
reflecting surfaces, the relative magnitude of the reflectance from each
interface, the birefringence of the interstitial material, and the orientation
of the optical axis of the sample. PS-QOCT is immune to sample dispersion and
therefore permits measurements to be made at depths greater than those
accessible via ordinary optical coherence tomography. We also provide a general
Jones matrix theory for analyzing PS-QOCT systems and outline an experimental
procedure for carrying out such measurements.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figures, to appear in Physical Review
Single Cooper pair tunneling induced by non-classical microwaves
A mesoscopic Josephson junction interacting with a mode of non-classical
microwaves with frequency is considered. Squeezing of the
electromagnetic field drastically affects the dynamics of Cooper tunneling. In
particular, Bloch steps can be observed even when the microwaves are in the
squeezed vacuum state with {\em zero} average amplitude of the field . The interval between these steps is double in size in
comparison to the conventional Bloch steps.Comment: 8 pages, 2 figures are available upon request to:
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Experimental Violation of Bell's Inequality in Spatial-Parity Space
We report the first experimental violation of Bell's inequality in the
spatial domain using the Einstein--Podolsky--Rosen state. Two-photon states
generated via optical spontaneous parametric downconversion are shown to be
entangled in the parity of their one-dimensional transverse spatial profile.
Superpositions of Bell states are prepared by manipulation of the optical
pump's transverse spatial parity--a classical parameter. The Bell-operator
measurements are made possible by devising simple optical arrangements that
perform rotations in the one-dimensional spatial-parity space of each photon of
an entangled pair and projective measurements onto a basis of even--odd
functions. A Bell-operator value of 2.389 +- 0.016 is recorded, a violation of
the inequality by more than 24 standard deviations.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figures, 1 Tabl
Parity-dependent squeezing of light
A parity-dependent squeezing operator is introduced which imposes different
SU(1,1) rotations on the even and odd subspaces of the harmonic oscillator
Hilbert space. This operator is used to define parity-dependent squeezed states
which exhibit highly nonclassical properties such as strong antibunching,
quadrature squeezing, strong oscillations in the photon-number distribution,
etc. In contrast to the usual squeezed states whose and Wigner functions
are simply Gaussians, the parity-dependent squeezed states have much more
complicated and Wigner functions that exhibit an interesting interference
in phase space. The generation of these states by parity-dependent quadratic
Hamiltonians is also discussed.Comment: accepted for publication in J. Phys. A, LaTeX, 11 pages, 12 figures
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Modal, spectral, and polarization entanglement in guided-wave parametric down-conversion
We examine the modal, spectral, and polarization entanglement properties of photon pairs generated in a nonlinear periodically poled two-mode waveguide (one-dimensional planar or two-dimensional circular) via nondegenerate spontaneous parametric down-conversion. Any of the possible degrees of freedom-mode number, frequency, or polarization-can be used to distinguish the down-converted photons while the others serve as attributes of entanglement. Distinguishing the down-converted photons based on their mode numbers enables us to efficiently generate spectral or polarization entanglement that is either narrowband or broadband. On the other hand, when the generated photons are distinguished by their frequencies in a type-0 process, modal entanglement turns out to be an efficient alternative to polarization entanglement. Moreover, modal entanglement in type-II down-conversion may be used to generate a doubly entangled state in frequency and polarization
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Quantum Holography
We propose to make use of quantum entanglement for extracting holographic
information about a remote 3-D object in a confined space which light enters,
but from which it cannot escape. Light scattered from the object is detected in
this confined space entirely without the benefit of spatial resolution. Quantum
holography offers this possibility by virtue of the fourth-order quantum
coherence inherent in entangled beams.Comment: 7 pages, submitted to Optics Expres
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