High-dimensional mode-entangled photon pairs from a tapered silicon waveguide

Jacob G. Koefoed, Ronny Müller, Karsten K. Rottwitt

Published Jan 1, 2023• 1 citation

Abstract

We present a proposal for creating high-dimensional entangled photon pairs in a tapered silicon waveguide through intermodal four-wave mixing. We show that 4D Bell states can be obtained with 98 % fidelity.

DOI: 10.1364/cleo_at.2023.jth2a.47

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