Transmission of Photonic Quantum Polarization Entanglement in a Nanoscale Hybrid Plasmonic Waveguide

Photonic quantum technologies have been extensively studied in quantum information science, owing to the high-speed transmission and outstanding low-noise properties of photons. However, applications based on photonic entanglement are restricted due to the diffraction limit. In this work, we demonst...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2015-04
Main Authors: Li, Ming, Chang-Ling, Zou, Xi-Feng, Ren, Xiong, Xiao, Yong-Jing, Cai, Guo-Ping, Guo, Li-Min, Tong, Guo, Guang-Can
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Nanowires
Photonics
Photons
Polarization
Quantum entanglement
Quantum optics
Quantum phenomena
Quantum theory
Spatial resolution
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Summary:Photonic quantum technologies have been extensively studied in quantum information science, owing to the high-speed transmission and outstanding low-noise properties of photons. However, applications based on photonic entanglement are restricted due to the diffraction limit. In this work, we demonstrate for the first time the maintaining of quantum polarization entanglement in a nanoscale hybrid plasmonic waveguide composed of a fiber taper and a silver nanowire. The transmitted state throughout the waveguide has a fidelity of 0.932 with the maximally polarization entangled state {\Phi}+. Furthermore, the Clauser, Horne, Shimony, and Holt (CHSH) inequality test performed, resulting in value of 2.495+/-0.147 > 2, demonstrates the violation of the hidden variable model. Because the plasmonic waveguide confines the effective mode area to subwavelength scale, it can bridge nanophotonics and quantum optics and may be used as near-field quantum probe in a quantum near-field micro/nanoscope, which can realize high spatial resolution, ultrasensitive, fiber-integrated, and plasmon-enhanced detection.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1408.2409