Engineering Frequency-Time Quantum Correlation of Narrow-Band Biphotons from Cold Atoms
Young‐Wook Cho, Kwang-Kyoon Park, Jong Chan Lee +1 more
The nonclassical photon pair, generated via a parametric process, is naturally endowed with a specific form of frequency-time quantum correlations. Here, we report complete control of frequency-time quantum correlations of narrow-band biphotons generated via spontaneous four-wave mixing in a cold atomic ensemble. We have experimentally confirmed the generation of frequency-anticorrelated, frequency-correlated, and frequency-uncorrelated narrow-band biphoton states, as well as verifying the strong nonclassicality of the correlations. Our work opens up new possibilities for engineering narrow-band entangled photons for various quantum optical and quantum information applications.
Physical Review Letters•Aug 5, 2014•54 citations