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Main Authors: Yang, Chun-Jie, Liu, Xin-Yue, Xia, Shi-Qiang, Bai, Si-Yuan, An, Jun-Hong
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Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.01156
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author Yang, Chun-Jie
Liu, Xin-Yue
Xia, Shi-Qiang
Bai, Si-Yuan
An, Jun-Hong
author_facet Yang, Chun-Jie
Liu, Xin-Yue
Xia, Shi-Qiang
Bai, Si-Yuan
An, Jun-Hong
contents Allowing the generation of effective interactions between distant quantum emitters (QEs) via flying photons, quantum interconnect (QI) is essentially a light-matter interface and acts as a building block in quantum technologies. A surface plasmon polariton (SPP) supported by a metallic waveguide provides an ideal interface to explore strong light-matter couplings and to realize QI. However, the loss of SPP in metal makes the mediated entanglement of the QEs damp with the increase of the distance and time, which hinders its applications. We propose a scheme of non-Markovian QI formed by the SPP of a metallic nanowire. A mechanism to make the generated entanglement of the QEs persistent is discovered. We find that, as long as bound states are formed in the energy spectrum of total QE-SPP system, the damping of the SPP-mediated entanglement is overcome even in the presence of the metal absorption to the SPP. Our finding enriches our understanding of light-matter couplings in absorptive medium and paves the way for using the SPP in designing QI.
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spellingShingle Non-Markovian quantum interconnect formed by a surface plasmon polariton waveguide
Yang, Chun-Jie
Liu, Xin-Yue
Xia, Shi-Qiang
Bai, Si-Yuan
An, Jun-Hong
Quantum Physics
Allowing the generation of effective interactions between distant quantum emitters (QEs) via flying photons, quantum interconnect (QI) is essentially a light-matter interface and acts as a building block in quantum technologies. A surface plasmon polariton (SPP) supported by a metallic waveguide provides an ideal interface to explore strong light-matter couplings and to realize QI. However, the loss of SPP in metal makes the mediated entanglement of the QEs damp with the increase of the distance and time, which hinders its applications. We propose a scheme of non-Markovian QI formed by the SPP of a metallic nanowire. A mechanism to make the generated entanglement of the QEs persistent is discovered. We find that, as long as bound states are formed in the energy spectrum of total QE-SPP system, the damping of the SPP-mediated entanglement is overcome even in the presence of the metal absorption to the SPP. Our finding enriches our understanding of light-matter couplings in absorptive medium and paves the way for using the SPP in designing QI.
title Non-Markovian quantum interconnect formed by a surface plasmon polariton waveguide
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.01156