Theoretical investigation of pure-state single-photon and large-bandwidth-correlation biphoton generation from micro/nanofiber

Abstract

Pure-state single photons and large-bandwidth-correlation biphotons are fundamental resources for quantum information processing. The dispersion properties of micro/nanofiber (MNF) can be tailored by carefully choosing its diameter, resulting in a flexibly tailored biphoton spectrum. We theoretically investigate pure-state single photons and large-bandwidth-correlation biphotons produced by degenerate spontaneous four-wave mixing in MNF. In our simulation, a single-photon state with a purity of 99% will be theoretically attained by choosing the appropriate pump bandwidth and center wavelength with respect to the diameter and length of the MNF. Further, when an appropriate diameter with a negligible curvature at the zero dispersion wavelength is chosen, even a narrow pump bandwidth is capable of motivating remarkably broadband correlation biphotons, e.g., for a MNF diameter of 0.7 μm, the theoretical full width at half maximum is 473 nm. In practice, the application of a MNF-based quantum light source is dependent on the technologies that precisely control and measure the diameter. Our theoretical investigation will guide the experimental realization of high-quality quantum light sources based on MNF.