公开(公告)号：US09235101B2

公开(公告)日：2016-01-12

申请号：US14182468

申请日：2014-02-18

Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL

Inventor： Joshua Wimbridge Silverstone ,  Damien Bonneau ,  Mark Gerard Thompson ,  Jeremy Lloyd O'Brien

IPC: G02F1/035 ,  G02F1/225 ,  G02B6/12 ,  G02B6/122 ,  G02F1/21 ,  B82Y20/00

CPC classification number: G02F1/225 ,  B82Y20/00 ,  G02B6/12009 ,  G02B6/122 ,  G02F1/395 ,  G02F2001/212 ,  G02F2001/217 ,  H04B10/70 ,  Y10S977/95

Abstract: An integrated optical device and method for generating photons by manipulating path entanglement is provided. An integrated optical splitter splits pump light between two interferometer arms wherein each arm comprises a substantially identical photon pair source configured to be able to convert at least one pump light photon into a signal and idler photon pair. An integrated optical combiner device in optical communication with a first and a second optical output path interferes light from the first and second arms and outputs the signal and idler photons by bunching the signal and idler photons together in one of the optical output paths, or anti-bunching the signal photon in one output path and the corresponding idler photon in the other optical output path.

Abstract translation: 提供了一种用于通过操纵路径缠结产生光子的集成光学装置和方法。 集成光分路器在两个干涉仪臂之间分离泵浦光，其中每个臂包括基本上相同的光子对源，其被配置为能够将至少一个泵浦光子转换成信号和惰性光子对。 与第一和第二光输出路径光通信的集成光合并器装置干扰来自第一和第二臂的光，并通过在一个光输出路径中将信号和空载光子聚束在一起而输出信号和空载光子，或反射 在一个输出路径中将信号光子和在另一个光学输出路径中相应的惰轮光子相互作用。