Nonlinear dielectric nanoresonators and metasurfaces: toward efficient generation of entangled photons

PR Sharapova, SS Kruk… - Laser & Photonics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Among the most prominent effects resulting from nonlinear light–matter interaction is the
generation of correlated and entangled photons through various processes, notably via …

Generation of polarization-entangled counter-propagating photons with high orbital angular momentum

E Wagner, MK Schmidt, MJ Steel… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Spin and orbital angular momenta of light are attractive resources to harness for encoding,
and manipulating information, with applications in various quantum photonic technologies …

Guided modes of thin-film lithium niobate slabs

M Hammer, H Farheen, J Förstner - Optics Continuum, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Dielectric slab waveguides made of thin-film-lithium-niobate (TFLN) media are considered,
for operation in the linear regime. We outline and implement a largely analytic procedure for …

Avoiding lateral mode leakage in thin film lithium niobate waveguides for the generation of spectrally pure photons at telecom wavelengths

M Arora, P Chokkara, J Lugani - arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.05694, 2024 - arxiv.org
Photonic integrated optical components, notably straight waveguides, serve as pivotal
elements for on-chip generation and manipulation of quantum states of light. In this work, we …

Estimation of losses caused by sidewall roughness in thin-film lithium niobate rib and strip waveguides

M Hammer, S Babel, H Farheen, L Padberg… - Optics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Samples of dielectric optical waveguides of rib or strip type in thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN)
technology are characterized with respect to their optical loss using the Fabry-Pérot method …