Generation of polarization-entangled photon pairs from two interacting quantum emitters

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Autores principales: Juan-Delgado, Adrián, Giedke, Geza, Aizpurua, Javier, Esteban, Ruben
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Publicado: 2025
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author Juan-Delgado, Adrián
Giedke, Geza
Aizpurua, Javier
Esteban, Ruben
author_facet Juan-Delgado, Adrián
Giedke, Geza
Aizpurua, Javier
Esteban, Ruben
contents Entangled photon pairs are key elements in quantum communication and quantum cryptography. State-of-the-art sources of entangled photons are mainly based on parametric down-conversion from nonlinear crystals, which is probabilistic in nature, and on cascade emission from biexciton quantum dots, which finds difficulties in generating entangled photons in the visible regime. Here, we use the Wigner-Weisskopf theory to provide a demonstration that polarization-entangled photon pairs can be emitted from two interacting quantum emitters with two-level-system behavior and perpendicular transition dipole moments. These emitters can represent a large variety of systems (e.g., organic molecules, quantum dots, and diamond color centers) offering a large technological versatility, for example, in the spectral regime of the emission. We show that a highly entangled photon pair can be postselected from this system by including optical filters. Additionally, we verify that the photon entanglement is not significantly affected by small changes in the detection directions and in the orientation between the dipole moments.
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spellingShingle Generation of polarization-entangled photon pairs from two interacting quantum emitters
Juan-Delgado, Adrián
Giedke, Geza
Aizpurua, Javier
Esteban, Ruben
Quantum Physics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Optics
Entangled photon pairs are key elements in quantum communication and quantum cryptography. State-of-the-art sources of entangled photons are mainly based on parametric down-conversion from nonlinear crystals, which is probabilistic in nature, and on cascade emission from biexciton quantum dots, which finds difficulties in generating entangled photons in the visible regime. Here, we use the Wigner-Weisskopf theory to provide a demonstration that polarization-entangled photon pairs can be emitted from two interacting quantum emitters with two-level-system behavior and perpendicular transition dipole moments. These emitters can represent a large variety of systems (e.g., organic molecules, quantum dots, and diamond color centers) offering a large technological versatility, for example, in the spectral regime of the emission. We show that a highly entangled photon pair can be postselected from this system by including optical filters. Additionally, we verify that the photon entanglement is not significantly affected by small changes in the detection directions and in the orientation between the dipole moments.
title Generation of polarization-entangled photon pairs from two interacting quantum emitters
topic Quantum Physics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.02739