泵浦光强度对纠缠光子品质的影响

纠缠源亮度和品质直接决定其作为量子信息处理资源的应用价值,研究参量转换过程中纠缠对的产生效率和品质随泵浦激光强度的变化关系对制备高品质纠缠源具有基础意义.利用参量下转换、极化后选择和符合计数技术,制备了Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen(EPR)偏振纠缠态.研究了泵浦激光强度对纠缠光子产生效率、对比度和保真度的影响.结果表明,随泵浦激光强度增大,纠缠对产生效率保持不变,也即纠缠源亮度随激光强度增大而线性增大;纠缠光子的对比度、保真度随激光功率增大而下降.     

频率非简并第I类自发参量下转换纠缠光子对量子特性

理论研究了频率非简并第I类自发参量下转换过程中产生的纠缠光子对的量子特性,且与频率简并的情况做了对比.通过纠缠光子对的联合谱强度分析了纠缠光子对的光谱特性及纠缠特性;通过洪-区-曼德尔干涉仪和马赫-曾德尔干涉仪分析了纠缠光子对的量子干涉特性.结果表明:脉冲泵浦作用下,由于频率非兼并使得相位匹配函数不对称,导致两纠缠光子可区分,量子干涉可见度减小.随着泵浦脉冲频宽的增加,这种效应更加明显.连续激光泵浦时,相位匹配函数是对称的,得到最大的纠缠度和量子干涉可见度.该研究为频率非简并纠缠光子源在各种量子信息方案中的应用提供理论指导.     

六光子超纠缠态制备方案

自发参量下转换对应于一种非线性光学过程, 实验上作为一种标准方法, 人们利用自发参量下转换源产生纠缠光子对. 本文考虑由自发参量下转换源产生三对纠缠光子的情况. 通过使用由几组偏振光 束分束器、分束器和半波片等线性光学器件组成的量子线路演化三对光子, 给出了一个高效制备 包含偏振纠缠和空间纠缠的六光子超纠缠态方案. 因为方案中包含了参量下转换源产生三对纠缠光子 的所有可能情况, 所以本方案有很高的效率. 基于弱非线性介质构建了一个量子非破坏性测量装置, 用于区分光子在两指定的空间模中的两种分布情况. 特别地, 方案中可以通过合理约束在量子非破坏性测量过程中引入的非线性强度来达到实际实验所限定的数量级, 因此, 该方案易于在实验上实现.     

基于自发参量下转换源二阶激发过程产生四光子超纠缠态

目前,多光子纠缠态的制备大多通过线性光学器件演化自发参量下转换一阶激发过程产生的纠缠光子对得到.本文考虑由自发参量下转换源二阶激发产生四个不可区分的纠缠光子制备四光子超纠缠态的情况.通过几组分束器、半波片和偏振分束器等线性光学器件设计量子线路演化四光子系统,结合四模符合探测,可得到同时具有偏振纠缠和空间纠缠的四光子超纠缠态.     

泵浦光的入射角对参量下转换的影响

利用参量下转换制备相关光子实现对各类探测器的量子效率的定标,是近年来兴起的新型定标技术。由于参量下转换的光子转换效率低,探测器输出信号信噪比小。采用短波激光器泵浦PPLN周期极化性晶体,可获得较大功率的参量光。分析了泵浦光在PPLN晶体端面的入射角对参量光的转换效率、空间分布、参量带宽及晶体周期的影响,并进行了数值模拟。分析发现当泵浦光正入射晶体端面时,参量光功率转换大,带宽小,发散角大;随着泵浦光入射角度逐渐增大,参量下转换的转换效率降低,相关光子的带宽变小,发散角变小且参量光的中心波长的空间位置会发生相对偏移。该研究结果可为相关光子探测、模拟探测器量子效率的高精度定标提供理论依据。     

基于周期极化KTiOPO4晶体的高亮度纠缠源研制

量子纠缠是量子信息领域的核心资源,目前利用β型硼酸钡(BBO)晶体参量下转换制备的纠缠光子对的亮度较低,它直接制约了量子通信的最远距离,已无法满足星地实用化量子通信的发展需求.利用周期极化KTiOPO4晶体,采用准相位匹配技术设计产生了一种后选择的纠缠源,测得的符合计数达到了16×103s-1 mW-1,极化对比度达到27∶1,在亮度上比基于BBO的量子纠缠光源提高了一个数量级以上.这一高亮度的纠缠源可以广泛应用于量子密钥分发、量子隐形传态以及量子计算等新兴量子信息领域,为实现全球化量子通信提供了有力的保障.     

飞秒激光泵浦Ⅰ类BBO晶体中自发参量下转换的研究

实验研究了飞秒脉冲激光泵浦Ⅰ类BBO晶体中自发参量下转换效应,以及产生的彩色锥形辐射现象.系统分析了各参量对二次谐波转换效率及彩色锥形辐射现象的影响.研究结果表明:蓝绿色锥形辐射具有最大的发散角,这与相位匹配理论模拟结果吻合;正入射时,增大泵浦光强及晶体厚度均会引起彩色锥形辐射亮度增加,且最大出射角中心波长往长波移动;...     

利用自发参量下转换产生795nm关联光子对的实验研究

本文进行了自发参量下转换(SPDC)产生795nm关联光子对的实验研究。选择Ⅱ类PPKTP晶体作为非线性介质,用倍频获得的397.5nm紫光作为泵浦光。在实验上首先通过符合计数测量了紫光单次穿过PPKTP晶体时SPDC过程产生的光子对亮度,当泵浦光功率为5mW时,测得符合计数为53 150/s。然后将下转换过程放入光学谐振腔中,对下转换光子的线宽进行压窄。实验上测得下转换光子对的关联时间为14.6ns,对应线宽约为15MHz。本文为纠缠光子对在Rb原子系综中的存储提供了实验基础。     

基于KTP晶体的斯塔克啁啾快速绝热通道波长转换

通过近似类比原子绝热布居理论,建立了基于KTP晶体的斯塔克啁啾快速绝热通道理论的波长转换模型,系统研究了晶体耦合调制中的耦合迟延参数和宽度参数、泵浦强度、温度、入射波长等因素对转换效率的影响.结果表明在KTP晶体中能实现入射光能量到出射光能量近乎完全的转换,同时转换过程中中间光能量保持极低.离最优晶体耦合调制参数越远,转换效率越低.转换效率先随泵浦强度的增大不断增大,当转换效率达到最大值,增大泵浦强度对转换效率几乎无影响.温度和入射波长的变化对转换效率影响较小.研究结果表明基于KTP晶体的斯塔克啁啾快速绝热通道理论的波长转换具有很好的鲁棒性.该研究可为紫外到中红外光源的获取以及光子器件的制造提供理论依据.     

泵浦光波形和脉宽对飞秒激光对比度的影响

 采用宽带数值模型，应用四阶龙格-库塔数值算法对三波耦合方程进行数值分析，研究了泵浦光的波形和脉宽在提高光参量啁啾脉冲放大系统输出飞秒激光对比度的作用。结果表明：在泵浦光脉宽较小的条件下，采用平滑的泵浦光波形更有利于提高飞秒激光对比度；在泵浦光脉宽较宽时，飞秒激光对比度得到很好地提高，而对泵浦光波形不敏感；但继续提高泵浦光脉宽并不能进一步改善飞秒激光对比度，而系统的转换效率却显著降低。     

High degree of entanglement and nonlocality of a two-photon state generated at 532 nm

In the last years the attention of the scientific community on the generation of entangled states has constantly increased both for their importance in the foundation of quantum mechanics and for their application in the quantum computation and communication field. To these aims high quality of generated states is required. A standard procedure to produce entangled photons pairs is spontaneous down conversion process in nonlinear crystals. In this paper we report preparation of quantum entangled states using CW laser at 266 nm pumping the standard Kwiat’s source. We have been able to generate the full set of Bell’s states with very high purity, fidelity and Concurrence which have been estimated using standard tomography procedure. To proof the high degree of achieved entanglement, we performed a non-locality test obtaining a high violation of the CHSH inequality.     

电子自旋辅助实现光子偏振态的量子纠缠浓缩

量子纠缠浓缩可以将非最大的纠缠态转变为最大纠缠态,提高量子通信的安全性.本文基于圆偏振光和量子点-腔系统的相互作用,用一个单光子作为连接远距离纠缠光子对的桥梁,在理想条件下实现了光子偏振纠缠态的浓缩.计算结果显示,这个纠缠浓缩方案在考虑耦合强度和腔泄漏的情况下也可以保持较高的保真度,而且不需要知道部分纠缠态的初始信息,也不必重复执行纠缠浓缩过程.这不仅提高了量子纠缠浓缩的安全性,也有助于通过消耗最少的量子资源来实现高效的量子信息处理.     

Broadband source of polarization entangled photons

A broadband source of polarization entangled photons based on type-II spontaneous parametric down conversion from a chirped PPKTP crystal is presented. With numerical simulation and experimental evaluation, we report a source of broadband polarization entangled states with a bandwidth of approximately 125 nm for use in quantum interferometry. The technique has the potential to become a basis for the development of flexible broadband sources with designed spectral properties.     

光学超晶格中级联参量过程制备纠缠光子对

探索制备纠缠光子对的新途径是量子光学领域的一个研究热点.从理论上证明在准周期极化 的光学超晶格晶体中的级联参量过程能够产生纠缠光子对.分别利用脉冲和连续的532nm抽运 光在一块准周期极化的 LiTaO3晶体中同时实现非简并参量下转换（产生信号光与闲置光 ）与和频（闲置光与抽运光和频生成和频光）的级联参量过程，获得630nm的信号光与460nm 的和频光.指出信号光与和频光之间存在纠缠关联性质.该方案的优点是可产生短波长的纠缠 光子对. 关键词： 准相位匹配 级联参量过程 光量子纠缠态     

PPLN waveguide for quantum communication

We report on energy-time and time-bin entangled photon-pair sources based on a periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) waveguide. Degenerate twin photons at 1 314 nm wavelength are created by spontaneous parametric down-conversion and coupled into standard telecom fibers. Our PPLN waveguide features a very high conversion efficiency of about 10^-6, roughly 4 orders of magnitude more than that obtained employing bulk crystals [#!Tanzilli01a!#]. Even if using low power laser diodes, this engenders a significant probability for creating two pairs at a time - an important advantage for some quantum communication protocols. We point out a simple means to characterize the pair creation probability in case of a pulsed pump. To investigate the quality of the entangled states, we perform photon-pair interference experiments, leading to visibilities of 97% for the case of energy-time entanglement and of 84% for the case of time-bin entanglement. Although the last figure must still be improved, these tests demonstrate the high potential of PPLN waveguide based sources to become a key element for future quantum communication schemes. Received 13 July 2001     

Experimental bound entanglement in a four-photon state

Bound entanglement is central to many exciting theoretical results in quantum information processing, but has thus far not been experimentally realized. In this work, we consider a one-parameter family of four-qubit Smolin states. We experimentally produce these states in the polarization of four optical photons produced from parametric down-conversion. Within a range of the parameter, we show that our states are entangled and undistillable, and thus bound entangled. Using these bound-entangled states we demonstrate entanglement unlocking.     

Evaluation of polarization entanglement generated by spontaneous parametric downconversion using photon number counting

Spontaneous parametric downconversion (SPDC) is widely used to generate entangled photon pairs; however, multi-pair emissions degrade the quality of the entanglement. We numerically evaluate polarization-entangled photon pairs created by SPDC. The effects of multi-pair emission events on the visibility of two-photon interference and on the fidelity (the probability overlap for ideal and real states) are analyzed using single-photon detectors that can count the number of incoming photons and discard multiphoton events. Compared with conventional threshold single-photon detectors, photon-number resolving single-photon detectors have higher fidelity for the same or lower visibility.     

基于轨道角动量的多自由度W态纠缠系统

提出了一种制备三光子纠缠W态的方案, 该方案利用携带轨道角动量为lħ的光子(其中l可取(-∞, +∞)的任意整数)可构成无穷维向量空间的特性, 采用两种类型的参量下转换, 产生轨道角动量-自旋角动量纠缠的两对光子和一对偏振纠缠光子, 通过纠缠交换制备三光子多自由度的W态, 实现三光子体系纠缠的高维度、大容量量子信息处理. 方案采用q-plate相位光学器件和单模光纤等器件制备两个不同自由度(轨道角动量与偏振)混合的W态, 并利用计算机全息相位图改进方案制备三个不同自由度(轨道角动量、线动量和偏振)混合的W态. 本方案可稳定产生两种等概率互为对称的W态, 具有高维度、强纠缠特性与抗比特丢失能力, 信息量达log₂^m+2比特(m为l的可取值个数), 有望实现可扩容量子比特的安全通信.     

Entanglement formation and violation of Bell's inequality with a semiconductor single photon source

We report the generation of polarization-entangled photons, using a quantum dot single photon source, linear optics, and photodetectors. Two photons created independently are observed to violate Bell's inequality. The density matrix describing the polarization state of the postselected photon pairs is reconstructed and agrees well with a simple model predicting the quality of entanglement from the known parameters of the single photon source. Our scheme provides a method to create no more than one entangled photon pair per cycle after postselection, a feature useful to enhance quantum cryptography protocols based on shared entanglement.     

Quantum entanglement of a large number of photons

A bipartite multiphoton entangled state is created through stimulated parametric down-conversion of strong laser pulses in a nonlinear crystal. It is shown how detectors that do not resolve the photon number can be used to analyze such multiphoton states. Entanglement of up to 12 photons is detected using both the positivity of the partially-transposed density matrix and a newly derived criteria. Furthermore, evidence is provided for entanglement of up to 100 photons. The multiparticle quantum state is such that even in the case of an overall photon collection and detection efficiency as low as a few percent, entanglement remains and can be detected.