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Main Authors: Murakami, Shoichi, Kobayashi, Toshiki, Miki, Shigehito, Terai, Hirotaka, Kodama, Tsuyoshi, Sawaya, Tsuneaki, Ohtomo, Akihiko, Shimoi, Hideki, Yamamoto, Takashi, Ikuta, Rikizo
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.05408
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author Murakami, Shoichi
Kobayashi, Toshiki
Miki, Shigehito
Terai, Hirotaka
Kodama, Tsuyoshi
Sawaya, Tsuneaki
Ohtomo, Akihiko
Shimoi, Hideki
Yamamoto, Takashi
Ikuta, Rikizo
author_facet Murakami, Shoichi
Kobayashi, Toshiki
Miki, Shigehito
Terai, Hirotaka
Kodama, Tsuyoshi
Sawaya, Tsuneaki
Ohtomo, Akihiko
Shimoi, Hideki
Yamamoto, Takashi
Ikuta, Rikizo
contents Quantum frequency conversion (QFC) which converts the frequencies of photons while preserving the quantum state is an essential technology for realizing the quantum internet and quantum interconnect. For the QFC based on the frequency downconversion from visible to the telecom wavelengths around 1500 nm, it is widely known that noise photons produced by the strong pump light used for QFC contaminate the frequency-converted photon, which degrades the quality of the quantum property of the photon after QFC. In conventional QFC experiments, noise photons are removed using external narrowband frequency filter systems. In contrast, in this study, we implement a compact QFC device integrating the cavity structure only for the converted mode. While the cavity structure can enhance not only the desired QFC efficiency but also the noise photon generation rate, we show that the cavity-enhanced QFC followed by a relatively wide bandpass filter achieves the signal-to-noise ratio comparable to the QFCs with external narrowband filters. We experimentally demonstrate the cavity-enhanced QFC using a single photon at 780 nm to 1540 nm, in which the non-classical photon statistics is clearly observed after QFC.
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spellingShingle Low-noise quantum frequency conversion with cavity enhancement of converted mode
Murakami, Shoichi
Kobayashi, Toshiki
Miki, Shigehito
Terai, Hirotaka
Kodama, Tsuyoshi
Sawaya, Tsuneaki
Ohtomo, Akihiko
Shimoi, Hideki
Yamamoto, Takashi
Ikuta, Rikizo
Quantum Physics
Quantum frequency conversion (QFC) which converts the frequencies of photons while preserving the quantum state is an essential technology for realizing the quantum internet and quantum interconnect. For the QFC based on the frequency downconversion from visible to the telecom wavelengths around 1500 nm, it is widely known that noise photons produced by the strong pump light used for QFC contaminate the frequency-converted photon, which degrades the quality of the quantum property of the photon after QFC. In conventional QFC experiments, noise photons are removed using external narrowband frequency filter systems. In contrast, in this study, we implement a compact QFC device integrating the cavity structure only for the converted mode. While the cavity structure can enhance not only the desired QFC efficiency but also the noise photon generation rate, we show that the cavity-enhanced QFC followed by a relatively wide bandpass filter achieves the signal-to-noise ratio comparable to the QFCs with external narrowband filters. We experimentally demonstrate the cavity-enhanced QFC using a single photon at 780 nm to 1540 nm, in which the non-classical photon statistics is clearly observed after QFC.
title Low-noise quantum frequency conversion with cavity enhancement of converted mode
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.05408