Nonlinear Nanophotonics for High-Dimensional Quantum States

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Autores principales: Nemirovsky-Levy, Liat, Kam, Amit, Lederman, Meir, Orenstein, Meir, Pereg, Uzi, Bartal, Guy, Segev, Mordechai
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Publicado: 2025
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author Nemirovsky-Levy, Liat
Kam, Amit
Lederman, Meir
Orenstein, Meir
Pereg, Uzi
Bartal, Guy
Segev, Mordechai
author_facet Nemirovsky-Levy, Liat
Kam, Amit
Lederman, Meir
Orenstein, Meir
Pereg, Uzi
Bartal, Guy
Segev, Mordechai
contents Quantum nanophotonics merges the precision of nanoscale light manipulation with the capabilities of quantum technologies, offering a pathway for enhanced light-matter interaction and compact realization of quantum devices. Here, we show how a recently-demonstrated nonlinear nanophotonic process can be employed to selectively create photonic high-dimensional quantum states (qudits). We utilize the nonlinearity on the surface of the nanophotonic device to dress, through the polarization of the pump field, the near-field modes carrying angular momentum and their superpositions. We then use this approach for the realization of a multilevel quantum key distribution protocol, which doubles the key rate compared to standard schemes. This idea is an important step towards experimental realizations of quantum state generation and manipulation through nonlinearity within nanophotonic platforms, and enables new capabilities for on-chip quantum devices.
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spellingShingle Nonlinear Nanophotonics for High-Dimensional Quantum States
Nemirovsky-Levy, Liat
Kam, Amit
Lederman, Meir
Orenstein, Meir
Pereg, Uzi
Bartal, Guy
Segev, Mordechai
Optics
Quantum Physics
Quantum nanophotonics merges the precision of nanoscale light manipulation with the capabilities of quantum technologies, offering a pathway for enhanced light-matter interaction and compact realization of quantum devices. Here, we show how a recently-demonstrated nonlinear nanophotonic process can be employed to selectively create photonic high-dimensional quantum states (qudits). We utilize the nonlinearity on the surface of the nanophotonic device to dress, through the polarization of the pump field, the near-field modes carrying angular momentum and their superpositions. We then use this approach for the realization of a multilevel quantum key distribution protocol, which doubles the key rate compared to standard schemes. This idea is an important step towards experimental realizations of quantum state generation and manipulation through nonlinearity within nanophotonic platforms, and enables new capabilities for on-chip quantum devices.
title Nonlinear Nanophotonics for High-Dimensional Quantum States
topic Optics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.04508