Abstract
AbstractManipulating the frequency and bandwidth of nonclassical light is essential for implementing frequency-encoded/multiplexed quantum computation, communication, and networking protocols, and for bridging spectral mismatch among various quantum systems. However, quantum spectral control requires a strong nonlinearity mediated by light, microwave, or acoustics, which is challenging to realize with high efficiency, low noise, and on an integrated chip. Here, we demonstrate both frequency shifting and bandwidth compression of heralded single-photon pulses using an integrated thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) phase modulator. We achieve record-high electro-optic frequency shearing of telecom single photons over terahertz range (±641 GHz or ±5.2 nm), enabling high visibility quantum interference between frequency-nondegenerate photon pairs. We further operate the modulator as a time lens and demonstrate over eighteen-fold (6.55 nm to 0.35 nm) bandwidth compression of single photons. Our results showcase the viability and promise of on-chip quantum spectral control for scalable photonic quantum information processing.
Funder
Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Harvard Quantum Initiative
United States Department of Defense | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
U.S. Department of Energy
Gouvernement du Canada | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
United States Department of Defense | United States Air Force | AFMC | Air Force Research Laboratory
National Science Foundation
United States Department of Defense | United States Army | U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command | Army Research Office
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Cited by
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