Submegahertz spectral width photon pair source based on fused silica microspheres
arXiv:2110.13322 · doi:10.1364/PRJ.435521
Abstract
High efficiency, sub-MHz bandwidth photon pair generators will enable the field of quantum technology to transition from laboratory demonstrations to transformational applications involving information transfer from photons to atoms. While spontaneous parametric processes are able to achieve high efficiency photon pair generation, the spectral bandwidth tends to be relatively large, as defined by phase-matching constraints. To solve this fundamental limitation, we use an ultra-high quality factor (Q) fused silica microsphere resonant cavity to form a photon pair generator. We present the full theory for the SWM process in these devices, fully taking into account all relevant source characteristics in our experiments. The exceptionally narrow (down to kHz-scale) linewidths of these devices in combination with the device size results in a reduction in the bandwidth of the photon pair generation, allowing sub-MHz spectral bandwidth to be achieved. Specifically, using a pump source centered around 1550nm, photon pairs with the signal and idler modes at wavelengths close to 1540nm and 1560nm, respectively, are demonstrated. We herald a single idler-mode photon by detecting the corresponding signal photon, filtered via transmission through a wavelength division multiplexing channel of choice. We demonstrate the extraction of the spectral profile of a single peak in the single-photon frequency comb from a measurement of the signal-idler time of emission distribution. These improvements in device design and experimental methods enabled the narrowest spectral width (366kHz) to date in a heralded single photon source basedon SFWM.
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