Chip-integrated metasurface-enabled single-photon skyrmion sources
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| author | Liu, Xujing Kan, Yinhui Kumar, Shailesh Kulikova, Liudmilla F. Davydov, Valery A. Agafonov, Viatcheslav N. Bozhevolnyi, Sergey I. |
| author_facet | Liu, Xujing Kan, Yinhui Kumar, Shailesh Kulikova, Liudmilla F. Davydov, Valery A. Agafonov, Viatcheslav N. Bozhevolnyi, Sergey I. |
| contents | Skyrmions, topologically stable field configurations, have recently emerged in classical optics as structured light for high-density data applications. Achieving controllable on-chip generation of single-photon skyrmions, while being highly desirable for quantum information technologies, remains challenging due to the nanoscale confinement of quantum emitters (QEs). Here we demonstrate a metasurface-integrated quantum emitter (metaQE) platform enabling room-temperature on-chip generation of single-photon skyrmions. Near-field coupling between QEs and propitiously designed surface arrays of meta-atoms mediates spin-orbit interaction, transforming nanoscale-localized dipole emission into free-propagating topologically structured photonic modes. By exploiting this approach for structuring quantum emission from different color centers in nanodiamonds, we realize diverse skyrmionic states, including high-order anti-skyrmions and skyrmionium, and thereby demonstrate its universality across QEs. Our work establishes a unified framework for on-chip structured quantum light sources, offering versatile control of high-dimensional topological states, such as skyrmions, and advancing scalable quantum photonic technologies. |
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| spellingShingle | Chip-integrated metasurface-enabled single-photon skyrmion sources Liu, Xujing Kan, Yinhui Kumar, Shailesh Kulikova, Liudmilla F. Davydov, Valery A. Agafonov, Viatcheslav N. Bozhevolnyi, Sergey I. Optics Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Quantum Physics Skyrmions, topologically stable field configurations, have recently emerged in classical optics as structured light for high-density data applications. Achieving controllable on-chip generation of single-photon skyrmions, while being highly desirable for quantum information technologies, remains challenging due to the nanoscale confinement of quantum emitters (QEs). Here we demonstrate a metasurface-integrated quantum emitter (metaQE) platform enabling room-temperature on-chip generation of single-photon skyrmions. Near-field coupling between QEs and propitiously designed surface arrays of meta-atoms mediates spin-orbit interaction, transforming nanoscale-localized dipole emission into free-propagating topologically structured photonic modes. By exploiting this approach for structuring quantum emission from different color centers in nanodiamonds, we realize diverse skyrmionic states, including high-order anti-skyrmions and skyrmionium, and thereby demonstrate its universality across QEs. Our work establishes a unified framework for on-chip structured quantum light sources, offering versatile control of high-dimensional topological states, such as skyrmions, and advancing scalable quantum photonic technologies. |
| title | Chip-integrated metasurface-enabled single-photon skyrmion sources |
| topic | Optics Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.06657 |