Zero supermode-based multipartite entanglement in ${\chi }^{(2)}$ nonlinear waveguides arrays

Abstract

We show that arrays of ${\chi }^{(2)}$ nonlinear waveguides in the second harmonic generation regime are a promising source of continuous-variable entanglement. We indeed demonstrate analytically that optical arrays with odd number of waveguides injected with the zero-eigenvalue fundamental supermode entangle this fundamental supermode with a collective harmonic field. Moreover the fundamental individual modes are multipartite entangled and their entanglement grows with propagation length. The device is scalable, robust to losses, does not rely on specific values of nonlinearity and coupling and is easily realized with current technology. It thus stands as an unprecedented candidate for generation of multipartite continuous-variable entanglement for optical quantum information processing.

arXiv commentMain text: 7 pages, 6 figures. Supplemental material: 5 pages, 2 figure. v2 closer to published version

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