Enhanced quantum emission from a topological Floquet resonance

Entanglement is a valuable resource in quantum information technologies. The practical implementation of entangled photon sources faces obstacles from imperfections and defects inherent in physical systems, resulting in a loss or degradation of entanglement. The topological photonic insulators, howe...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2024-07
Main Authors: Afzal, Shirin, Zimmerling, Tyler J, Rizvandi, Mahdi, Taghavi, Majid, Esmaeilifar, Leili, Hrushevskyi, Taras, Kaur, Manpreet, Vien Van, Barzanjeh, Shabir
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Defects
Four-wave mixing
Insulators
Magnetic resonance
Photonics
Photons
Quantum entanglement
Quantum mechanics
Resilience
Resonance
Robustness
Topology
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Summary:Entanglement is a valuable resource in quantum information technologies. The practical implementation of entangled photon sources faces obstacles from imperfections and defects inherent in physical systems, resulting in a loss or degradation of entanglement. The topological photonic insulators, however, have emerged as promising candidates, demonstrating an exceptional capability to resist defect-induced scattering, thus enabling the development of robust entangled sources. Despite their inherent advantages, building programmable topologically protected entangled sources remains challenging due to complex device designs and weak material nonlinearity. Here we present a development in entangled photon pair generation achieved through a non-magnetic and tunable anomalous Floquet insulator, utilizing an optical spontaneous four-wave mixing process. We verify the non-classicality and time-energy entanglement of the photons generated by our topological system. Our experiment demonstrates a substantial enhancement in nonclassical photon pair generation compared to devices reliant only on topological edge states. Our result could lead to the development of resilient quantum sources with potential applications in quantum technology.
ISSN:2331-8422