Quantum Pair Generation in Nonlinear Metasurfaces with Mixed and Pure Photon Polarizations

Noh, Jiho; Santiago-Cruz, Tomás; Sultanov, Vitaliy; Doiron, Chloe F.; Gennaro, Sylvain D.; Chekhova, Maria V.; Brener, Igal

doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c04398

Quantum Pair Generation in Nonlinear Metasurfaces with Mixed and Pure Photon Polarizations

Journal Article · Tue Nov 19 23:00:00 EST 2024 · Nano Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c04398· OSTI ID:2498464

^[1]; Santiago-Cruz, Tomás ^[2]; ^[2]; Doiron, Chloe F. ^[1]; Gennaro, Sylvain D. ^[1]; Chekhova, Maria V. ^[2]; ^[1]

Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen (Germany); Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Bamberg (Germany)

Metasurfaces are highly effective at manipulating classical light in the linear regime; however, effectively controlling the polarization of nonclassical light generated from nonlinear resonant metasurfaces remains a challenge. Here, in this study, we present a solution by achieving polarization engineering of frequency-nondegenerate biphotons emitted via spontaneous parametric down-conversion in GaAs metasurfaces, utilizing quasi-bound states in the continuum (qBIC) resonances to enhance biphoton generation. Through comprehensive polarization tomography, we demonstrate that the emitted photons’ polarization directly reflects the qBIC mode’s far-field properties. Furthermore, we show that both the type of qBIC mode and the symmetry of the meta-atoms can be tailored to control each single-photon polarization state, and that the subsequent two-photon polarization states are nearly separable, offering potential applications in the heralded generation of single photons with adjustable polarization. This work provides a significant step toward utilizing metasurfaces to generate quantum light and engineer their polarization, a critical aspect for future quantum technologies.

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF)

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0003525

OSTI ID:: 2498464

Report Number(s):: SAND--2025-00045J

Journal Information:: Nano Letters, Journal Name: Nano Letters Journal Issue: 48 Vol. 24; ISSN 1530-6984

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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