Spectrally indistinguishable intermodal-vectorial four-wave-mixing in birefringent few-mode fibers for spatial-polarization-frequency hybrid-entangled photon-pairs generation

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Main Authors: Gawlik, Andrzej, Bernaś, Marta, Żołnacz, Kinga, Tarnowski, Karol
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Published: 2024
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author Gawlik, Andrzej
Bernaś, Marta
Żołnacz, Kinga
Tarnowski, Karol
author_facet Gawlik, Andrzej
Bernaś, Marta
Żołnacz, Kinga
Tarnowski, Karol
contents In this paper, we use a birefringent few-mode fiber to demonstrate an intermodal-vectorial four-wave mixing process that generates two pairs of spectrally overlapping signal-idler bands. Using phase-matching conditions, we show that the pairs of bands become spectrally indistinguishable when the group refractive indices of the signal and idler modes intersect at the pump wavelength. Our theoretical predictions are confirmed through experimental observations corroborated by numerical simulations. Furthermore, we introduce the two-photon state associated with the overlapping bands, which exhibits hybrid entanglement in spatial-polarization-frequency degrees of freedom. We explain that its degree of entanglement can be manipulated by tailoring the spectral position of the overlapping pairs of bands with respect to the Raman band and varying the excitation ratio of the pump modes. This study introduces a scheme for a fiber-based source of photon pairs with spatial-polarization-frequency entanglement.
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spellingShingle Spectrally indistinguishable intermodal-vectorial four-wave-mixing in birefringent few-mode fibers for spatial-polarization-frequency hybrid-entangled photon-pairs generation
Gawlik, Andrzej
Bernaś, Marta
Żołnacz, Kinga
Tarnowski, Karol
Optics
In this paper, we use a birefringent few-mode fiber to demonstrate an intermodal-vectorial four-wave mixing process that generates two pairs of spectrally overlapping signal-idler bands. Using phase-matching conditions, we show that the pairs of bands become spectrally indistinguishable when the group refractive indices of the signal and idler modes intersect at the pump wavelength. Our theoretical predictions are confirmed through experimental observations corroborated by numerical simulations. Furthermore, we introduce the two-photon state associated with the overlapping bands, which exhibits hybrid entanglement in spatial-polarization-frequency degrees of freedom. We explain that its degree of entanglement can be manipulated by tailoring the spectral position of the overlapping pairs of bands with respect to the Raman band and varying the excitation ratio of the pump modes. This study introduces a scheme for a fiber-based source of photon pairs with spatial-polarization-frequency entanglement.
title Spectrally indistinguishable intermodal-vectorial four-wave-mixing in birefringent few-mode fibers for spatial-polarization-frequency hybrid-entangled photon-pairs generation
topic Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.09214