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Octave-spanning Dispersion Compensation for Ultra Broadband Bi-photons Using a Prism Pair with a Negative Separation

Yaakov Shaked, Shai Yefet, Tzahi Geller, Avi Pe’er

Published Mar 10, 2014• 0 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrate low-loss broadband tuned compensation of both the 2nd and 4th order dispersion of ultra-broad bi-photons, using a prism-pair with negative separation. The corrected spectral phase ($<\pi/20$) of the bi-photons spans nearly an octave in frequency ($\approx1330-2600$ nm), as measured directly by a non-classical bi-photon interference effect. Due to the ultra-broad bandwidth, an ultra-high flux of bi-photons is available for quantum information experiments with extremely pronounced quantum correlations in both time and phase. Most experiments that explore these correlations require transform limited bi-photons, which are now achievable most efficiently with the prism-pair configuration.

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We demonstrate low-loss broadband tuned compensation of both the 2nd and 4th order dispersion of ultra-broad bi-photons, using a prism-pair with negative separation. The corrected spectral phase (<π/20<\pi/20<π/20) of the bi-photons spans nearly an octave in frequency (≈1330−2600\approx1330-2600≈1330−2600 nm), as measured directly by a non-classical bi-photon interference effect. Due to the ultra-broad bandwidth, an ultra-high flux of bi-photons is available for quantum information experiments with extremely pronounced quantum correlations in both time and phase. Most experiments that explore these correlations require transform limited bi-photons, which are now achievable most efficiently with the prism-pair configuration.
The quantum correlation of octave-spanning time–energy entangled bi-photons can be as short as a single optical cycle. Many experiments designed to explore and exploit this correlation require a uniform spectral phase (transform-limited) with very low loss. So far, transform-limited single-cycle bi-photons have not been demonstrated, primarily due to the lack of precise, broadband control of their spectral phase. Here, we demonstrate the correction of the spectral-phase of near-octave spanning bi-photons to over an octave in frequency –2600 nm). Using a prism-pair with an effectively negative separation for shaping the bi-photons' spectral phase, we obtain a tuned, very low-loss compensation of both the second and fourth dispersion orders. An essential requisite for precise tuning over such a broad bandwidth is a measure of the spectral phase that provides feedback for the tuning even when the overall dispersion is far from compensated. This is achieved by a non-classical bi-photon interference, which enables direct verification of the corrected bi-photon spectral phase.
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