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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Nonlinear Quantum Noise Dynamics in Ultrafast Nonlinear Nanophotonics

Edwin Ng, Ryotatsu Yanagimoto, Marc Jankowski, Hideo Mabuchi

Published Jan 1, 2022• 1 citation
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Abstract

We present a split-step framework for simulating nonlinear propagation of multimode quantum noise and entanglement in ultrafast pulses, beyond conventional linearized-noise approximations. We apply our method to model state-of-the-art dispersion-engineered devices on thin-film lithium niobate.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_qels.2022.fm2b.4

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