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Generation and Coherent Control of Pulsed Quantum Frequency Combs

Piotr RoztockiAlfonso Carmelo CinoYu ZhangLuis Romero CortesLucia CaspaniStefania SciaraJosé AzañaBenjamin MaclellanDavid J. MossMichael KuesChristian ReimerBrent E. LittleBenjamin WetzelSai T. ChuRoberto MorandottiRoberto Morandotti

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0301 basic medicineDensity matrixOptics and PhotonicsPhotonGeneral Chemical EngineeringSettore ING-INF/01 - ElettronicaGeneral Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology03 medical and health sciencesEngineering0302 clinical medicineQuantum stateQuantum DotsQuantumQCQuantum opticsPhysicsGeneral Immunology and Microbiologybusiness.industryGeneral NeuroscienceNonlinear opticsSettore ING-INF/02 - Campi Elettromagnetici030104 developmental biologyCoherent controlQuantum optics Integrated photonic devices Mode-locked lasers Nonlinear optics Four-wave mixing Frequency combs High- dimensional statesFrequency domainOptoelectronicsbusiness030217 neurology & neurosurgery

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We present a method for the generation and coherent manipulation of pulsed quantum frequency combs. Until now, methods of preparing high-dimensional states on-chip in a practical way have remained elusive due to the increasing complexity of the quantum circuitry needed to prepare and process such states. Here, we outline how high-dimensional, frequency-bin entangled, two-photon states can be generated at a stable, high generation rate by using a nested-cavity, actively mode-locked excitation of a nonlinear micro-cavity. This technique is used to produce pulsed quantum frequency combs. Moreover, we present how the quantum states can be coherently manipulated using standard telecommunications components such as programmable filters and electro-optic modulators. In particular, we show in detail how to accomplish state characterization measurements such as density matrix reconstruction, coincidence detection, and single photon spectrum determination. The presented methods form an accessible, reconfigurable, and scalable foundation for complex high-dimensional state preparation and manipulation protocols in the frequency domain.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2018-06-08Journal of Visualized Experiments
https://doi.org/10.3791/57517