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Quantum light sources are one of key devices for quantum information processing, and they are also the important foundation for applications such as in quantum computing, quantum communication, and quantum simulation. Improving the capacity of quantum information coding by using the quantum light source is a major challenge in the development of quantum information technology. Photons with a helical phase front can carry a discrete, unlimited but quantized amount of orbital angular momentum (OAM). The infinite number of states with different OAMs can greatly increase the capacity of optical communication and information processing in quantum regimes. To date photons carrying OAM have mainly been generated by using bulk crystals, which limits the efficiency and the scalability of the source. With the advancement of quantum photonic technology, many significant quantum photonic devices can now be realized on integrated chips. However, creating high-dimensional OAM quantum states at a micro-nano scale is still a challenge. And the research of harnessing high-dimensional OAM mode by using integrated quantum photonic technologies is still in its infancy. Here, the authors review the recent progress and discuss the integrated quantum light sources with OAM. The authors introduce the research progress of using OAM for both single photons and entangled photons and emphasize the exciting work on pushing boundaries in high-dimensional quantum states. This may pave the way for the research and practical applications of high-dimensional quantum light sources.
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Keywords:
- orbital angular momentum /
- quantum light source /
- integration /
- high-dimensional quantum state
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图 1 二维偏振编码和高维轨道角动量编码维度的对比
Figure 1. Comparison of two-dimensional polarization coding and high-dimensional orbital angular momentum coding dimensions for photons.
图 2 微纳尺度下轨道角动量单光子源实现方案 (a) 嵌入量子点的微环谐振腔产生轨道角动量量子叠加态的单光子源[15]; (b) 二维材料与微环谐振腔的混合集成实现可调谐的轨道角动量单光子源[16]; (c) 片上集成预报式可调轨道角动量单光子源[17]; (d) 金刚石色心与阿基米德螺旋光栅集成化轨道角动量单光子源[18]
Figure 2. Schemes of orbital angular momentum single-photon sources at nanoscale: (a) Microring resonators embedded with quantum dots for the generation of single photons carrying quantum superposition states of OAM[15]; (b) the on-chip switchable twisted single photon source by hybrid integration of monolayer WSe2 and a microring resonator[16]; (c) the integrated heralded single-photon source with switchable OAM modes[17]; (d) the OAM single-photon source operation in layer-by-layer integration[18].
图 3 (a) 基于超构表面制备光子自旋角动量与轨道角动量之间的量子纠缠态[29]; (b) 基于叉形光栅非线性等离子体超构表面的非线性参量下转换过程产生的轨道角动量纠缠态[30]; (c) 利用量子点单光子源产生基于轨道角动量粒子内和粒子间纠缠态[31]; (d) 多光子高维纠缠态的制备方法对比及待开发领域[32]
Figure 3. (a) Entanglement between spin and OAM on a single photon by using a dielectric metasurface[29]; (b) the generation of OAM entangled state with fork-shaped metamaterials by parametric down conversion process in the nonlinear metamaterial[30]; (c) orbital angular momentum based intra- and interparticle entangled states generated via a quantum dot source[31]; (d) high-dimensional multiphoton entanglement process and a tremendous void that is yet to be filled[32].
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