Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR)

Topologically Protected Entanglement Emitters

Tianxiang Dai, Yutian Ao, Jueming Bao, Jun Mao, Yulin Chi, Zhaorong Fu, Yiling You, Xiaojiong Chen, Chonghao Zhai, Bo Tang, Yan Yang, Zhihua Li, Luqi Yuan, Fei Gao, Xiao Lin, Mark G. Thompson, Jeremy L. O’Brien, Yan Li, Xiaoyong Hu, Qihuang Gong, Jianwei Wang

Published Jan 1, 2022• 0 citations

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Abstract

We report topologically-protected entanglement emitters, that emit topological Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen state and multiphoton entangled state from a plug-and-play silicon- photonic chip emulating a photonic anomalous Floquet insulator in ambient conditions.

DOI: 10.1364/cleopr.2022.ctup7b_02

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