Enhanced Triplet Photon Generation
Analysis
This paper presents a significant advancement in the generation of entangled photon triplets, crucial for quantum technologies. The authors achieve a substantial improvement in the efficiency of generating these triplets by integrating two down-converters on a lithium niobate waveguide. This enhancement opens possibilities for faster and more efficient quantum communication and computation.
Key Takeaways
- •Demonstrates a significant improvement in entangled photon triplet generation efficiency.
- •Utilizes integrated lithium niobate nanophotonics for enhanced down-conversion.
- •Achieves an order of magnitude improvement in the probability of the second down-converter.
- •Paves the way for MHz rates of triplets for quantum applications.
Reference
“The cascaded process efficiency is enhanced to $237 \pm 36$ kHz/mW.”