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中国物理学会期刊

超构表面赋能量子光学:迈向应用新时代

Metasurface-empowered quantum optics: heading towards a new era of applications

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  • 量子信息技术因其并行计算潜力和信息安全优势,成为信息科学的重要研究方向。光量子信息技术走向规模化与实用化,依赖于实现多种物理功能综合集成的新型光量子器件。超构表面拥有在亚波长尺度下精确塑造光场的能力,具有多功能、易于集成、轻薄和紧凑的优势,为构建小型量子光学平台及研制集成光量子器件提供了重要的技术支撑。在此背景下,超构表面正为光量子信息技术注入新的发展动力,加速其进入高效应用的新时代。本文系统梳理了超构表面在量子光源制备、量子态操控与测量以及典型量子光学应用中的研究进展,并对其未来发展趋势与关键挑战进行了总结与展望。

     

    Quantum information technology has emerged as a promising paradigm for next-generation information processing, offering transformative capabilities in quantum computing, secure communication, and precision measurement. However, the practical implementation of photonic quantum technologies requires compact, scalable, and multifunctional platforms beyond conventional bulky optical systems. Metasurfaces, composed of artificially engineered subwavelength nanostructures, provide an ultrathin and versatile platform for manipulating multiple optical degrees of freedom, including amplitude, phase, polarization, and spatial modes. These unique capabilities enable new approaches toward integrated and multifunctional photonic quantum devices.In this review, we systematically summarize recent advances in metasurface-enabled quantum optics in three major areas: quantum light sources, quantum state manipulation and measurement, and emerging quantum optical applications. We first discuss how metasurfaces enhance and control quantum light sources, including single-photon emitters, entangled photon-pair sources, and high-dimensional multiphoton quantum sources, through efficient emission enhancement, directional control, and multidimensional encoding. We then review metasurface-assisted quantum state manipulation and measurement, including polarization-state analysis, quantum interference, entanglement transformation, and multidimensional quantum state control enabled by precise engineering of optical degrees of freedom. Furthermore, representative applications in quantum imaging, quantum communication, quantum computing, and quantum sensing are highlighted. Finally, we discuss the remaining challenges and future opportunities, including improving optical efficiency, reducing fabrication-induced errors and optical losses, enhancing quantum-state fidelity, and achieving large-scale integration. This review provides a comprehensive perspective on how metasurfaces are accelerating the transition of photonic quantum technologies toward compact, scalable, and highly integrated quantum platforms.

     

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