| Literature DB >> 33971095 |
Tomás Santiago-Cruz1,2,3, Anna Fedotova4, Vitaliy Sultanov1,2, Maximilian A Weissflog3,4, Dennis Arslan4, Mohammadreza Younesi4, Thomas Pertsch3,4,5, Isabelle Staude4,6, Frank Setzpfandt4, Maria Chekhova1,2,3.
Abstract
All-dielectric optical metasurfaces are a workhorse in nano-optics, because of both their ability to manipulate light in different degrees of freedom and their excellent performance at light frequency conversion. Here, we demonstrate first-time generation of photon pairs via spontaneous parametric-down conversion in lithium niobate quantum optical metasurfaces with electric and magnetic Mie-like resonances at various wavelengths. By engineering the quantum optical metasurface, we tailor the photon-pair spectrum in a controlled way. Within a narrow bandwidth around the resonance, the rate of pair production is enhanced up to 2 orders of magnitude, compared to an unpatterned film of the same thickness and material. These results enable flat-optics sources of entangled photons-a new promising platform for quantum optics experiments.Entities:
Keywords: Mie-type resonances; nonlinear metasurfaces; photon-pair generation; quantum optics; spontaneous parametric down-conversion
Year: 2021 PMID: 33971095 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c01125
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nano Lett ISSN: 1530-6984 Impact factor: 11.189