用于量子纠缠密钥的多波长量子关联光子对的产生

胡飞飞; 李思莹; 朱顺; 黄昱; 林旭斌; 张思拓; 范云茹; 周强; 刘云

doi:10.7498/aps.73.20241274

摘要

随着量子信息技术的发展, 多用户量子纠缠密钥分发网络受到越来越多的关注. 其中, 多波长量子光源是建立多用户连接的关键器件. 尽管近年来在多波长量子光源的研究上取得了显著的进展, 但受限于非线性光学器件的设计和制备技术, 增加量子光源的输出波长数仍然具有挑战性. 本文系统分析了氮化硅微环谐振腔的色散和尺寸等关键参数; 设计并制备得到了自由光谱范围为20 GHz的氮化硅微环谐振腔, 实验测试了氮化硅微环腔中量子关联光子对的产生和输出特性. 实验结果表明, 该光源在25.6 nm的波长范围内实现了71对波长上的关联光子对产生.

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Abstract

With the rapid development of quantum information technology, fully connected multi-user quantum entanglement distribution networks have received increasing attention. Among these, multi-wavelength quantum light sources are key devices for establishing connections between multiple users. Despite recent impressive advances, there are still challenges in increasing the wavelength number of photon pairs due to limitations in the design and fabrication of nonlinear optical devices. The potentials of silicon nitride (Si₃N₄) microring resonators (MRRs), as scalable platforms for multi-wavelength quantum light sources, are explored in this work.The key design parameters of the Si₃N₄ MRRs, including waveguide dimension, resonator dispersion, and coupling condition, are comprehensively analyzed to optimize photon-pair generation. Based on these parameters, a Si₃N₄ MRR with a free spectral range of 20 GHz and an average quality factor of 1.6 million is designed and fabricated. This small free spectral range can generate more channels of correlated photon pairs by using the same wavelength resources. The high-quality resonator contributes to the enhancement of the rate of generating high photon pairs , which are critical for quantum entanglement distribution. With a continuous-wave pump laser, correlated photon pairs across a wide spectral range are generated through the spontaneous four-wave mixing (SFWM). The coincidence-to-accidental ratio (CAR) measurements verify the strong quantum correlation between photon pairs, highlighting the reliability of the system for entanglement distribution. Furthermore, the generation and output characteristics of quantum-correlated photon pairs are experimentally investigated with a tunable bandpass filter. The results demonstrate that 71 wavelength-correlated photon pairs within a 25.6 nm spectral range are successively generated as shown in the Fig. A. Our results pave the way for developing the multi-wavelength quantum light sources with Si₃N₄ platform, thereby advancing the multi-user quantum networks.

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作者及机构信息

1.
中国南方电网电力调度控制中心, 广州　510663

2.
安徽省量子安全工程技术研究中心, 芜湖　241002

通信作者: 范云茹, yunrufan@gmail.com

基金项目: 中国南方电网有限责任公司科技项目(批准号: 000005KK52220034 (ZDKJXM20222036))资助的课题.

Authors and contacts

1.
Power Dispatching Control Center of China Southern Power Grid Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 510663, China

2.
Anhui Quantum-Safe Engineering Technical Research Center, Wuhu 241002, China

Corresponding author: Fan Yun-Ru, yunrufan@gmail.com

Funds: Project supported by China Southern Power Grid Project of Science and Technology (Grant No. 000005KK52220034 (ZDKJXM20222036)).

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施引文献

图 1 氮化硅微环器件　(a) 理论设计的氮化硅波导的截面尺寸; (b) 氮化硅微环器件的显微图片; (c) 尾纤耦合和温控封装后的器件实物图

Fig. 1. Si₃N₄ microring device: (a) Designed cross-sectional dimensions of the Si₃N₄ waveguide; (b) image of the Si₃N₄ microring device; (c) picture of the Si₃N₄ device after fiber pigtail coupling and temperature control packaging.

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图 2 氮化硅微环谐振特性测试原理装置图. CW laser: 连续激光器; MRR: 微环谐振腔; PD: 光电探测器; Oscilloscope: 示波器

Fig. 2. Schematic of measuring the resonance property of Si₃N₄ MRR. MRR: microring resonator; PD: photodetector.

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图 3 测量得到的氮化硅微环腔的谐振特性

Fig. 3. Measured resonance property of the Si₃N₄ MRR.

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图 5 自发四波混频过程^[18]　(a) 三阶非线性光学材料中的自发四波混频过程; (b) 能量守恒条件; (c) 动量守恒条件

Fig. 5. Spontaneous four-wave mixing process: (a) Spontaneous four-wave mixing process in the third order nonlinear optical materials; (b) energy conservation condition; (c) momentum conservation condition.

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图 4 测量得到的1540.5 nm附近光学传输谱线

Fig. 4. Measured transmission spectrum around 1540.5 nm.

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图 6 氮化硅微环的关联光子对产生和测试实验原理装置图. CW laser: 连续激光器; VOA: 可调光衰减器；EDFA：掺铒光纤放大器; PC: 偏振控制器; BS: 分束器; PM: 功率计; DWDM: 密集波分复用器; MRR: 微环谐振腔; WSS: 波长选择开关; SNSPD: 超导纳米线单光子探测器; TDC: 时间-数字转换器

Fig. 6. Experimental setup for generating and measuring correlated photon pairs in Si₃N₄ MRR. VOA: variable optical attenuator; EDFA: erbium-doped fiber amplifier; PC: polarization controller; BS: beam splitter; PM: power meter; DWDM: dense wavelength division multiplexer; WSS: wavelength selective switch; SNSPD: superconducting nanowire single-photon detector; TDC: time-to-digital converter

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图 7 不同泵浦功率水平下, 信号光子与闲频光子的单边计数率

Fig. 7. Single side count rates of signal photons and idler photons at different pump power levels.

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图 8 泵浦功率为2 mW时, 信号光子与闲频光子的符合测量结果

Fig. 8. Histogram of coincidence counts between signal photons and idler photons at a pump power of 2 mW.

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图 9 光子对量子关联特性测量　(a) 不同泵浦功率下信号光子与闲频光子的符合计数与偶然符合计数; (b) 不同泵浦功率下的CAR

Fig. 9. Quantum correlation measurements of photon pairs: (a) Coincidence count rate and accidental coincidence count rate between signal photons and idler photons; (b) CAR at different pump powers.

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图 10 测量得到的多波长对量子关联光子对的符合计数

Fig. 10. Measured coincidence count rate with multiple paired wavelengths.

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