Quantum Walks of Correlated Photon Pairs in Two-Dimensional Waveguide Arrays

Kostas Poulios; Robert Keil; Daniel Fry; Jasmin D. A. Meinecke; Jonathan C. F. Matthews; Alberto Politi; Mirko Lobino; Markus Graefe; Matthias Heinrich; Stefan Nolte; Alexander Szameit; Jeremy L. O'Brien

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.143604

Quantum Walks of Correlated Photon Pairs in Two-Dimensional Waveguide Arrays

Kostas Poulios, Robert Keil, Daniel Fry, Jasmin D. A. Meinecke, Jonathan C. F. Matthews, Alberto Politi, Mirko Lobino, Markus Graefe, Matthias Heinrich, Stefan Nolte, Alexander Szameit, Jeremy L. O'Brien

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Abstract

We demonstrate quantum walks of correlated photons in a two-dimensional network of directly laser written waveguides coupled in a "swiss cross" arrangement. The correlated detection events show high-visibility quantum interference and unique composite behavior: strong correlation and independence of the quantum walkers, between and within the planes of the cross. Violations of a classically defined inequality, for photons injected in the same plane and in orthogonal planes, reveal nonclassical behavior in a nonplanar structure.

Original language	English
Article number	143604
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	112
Issue number	143604
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.143604
Publication status	Published - 10 Apr 2014

Keywords

Photons
quantum walks
waveguides
photonics
Quantum optics

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Quantum Walks of Correlated Photon Pairs in Two-Dimensional Waveguide Arrays

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