Graphene as a source of entangled plasmons
arXiv:2110.14917 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.023208
Abstract
We analyze nonlinear optics schemes for generating pairs of quantum entangled plasmons in the terahertz-infrared range in graphene. We predict that high plasmonic field concentration and strong optical nonlinearity of monolayer graphene enables pair-generation rates much higher than those of conventional photonic sources. The first scheme we study is spontaneous parametric down conversion in a graphene nanoribbon. In this second-order nonlinear process a plasmon excited by an external pump splits into a pair of plasmons, of half the original frequency each, emitted in opposite directions. The conversion is activated by applying a dc electric field that induces a density gradient or a current across the ribbon. Another scheme is degenerate four-wave mixing where the counter-propagating plasmons are emitted at the pump frequency. This third-order nonlinear process does not require a symmetry-breaking dc field. We suggest nano-optical experiments for measuring position-momentum entanglement of the emitted plasmon pairs. We estimate the critical pump fields at which the plasmon generation rates exceed their dissipation, leading to parametric instabilities.
arXiv comment11 pages, 8 figures
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