Quantum interference in Wilkinson power dividers

Scaling up quantum technologies entails the challenge of developing large-scale and high-performance photonic quantum networks. Engineering novel optical components, with a compact footprint and advanced functionalities, might help addressing this challenge by reducing the size and complexity of opt...

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Autores: Hernández Martínez, Osmery, Ortega Gómez, Ángel, Bravo Acha, Mikel, Liberal Olleta, Íñigo
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Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad Pública de Navarra
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Palabra clave:Coherent perfect absorption
Quantum interference
Wilkinson power dividers
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spelling Quantum interference in Wilkinson power dividersHernández Martínez, OsmeryOrtega Gómez, ÁngelBravo Acha, MikelLiberal Olleta, ÍñigoCoherent perfect absorptionQuantum interferenceWilkinson power dividersScaling up quantum technologies entails the challenge of developing large-scale and high-performance photonic quantum networks. Engineering novel optical components, with a compact footprint and advanced functionalities, might help addressing this challenge by reducing the size and complexity of optical networks. Here, quantum interference phenomena in Wilkinson power dividers (WPDs), a popular element of microwave networks, is investigated. It is theoretically demonstrated that WPDs grant access to coherent perfect absorption (CPA) quantum state transformations (single photon CPA, coherent absorption of N00N states, two-photon nonlinear absorption, and absorption of coherence in squeezed light) in CPA networks with a smaller footprint and a reduced number of elements. Additionally, it is shown how a WPD can be designed in a pure silicon-on-insulator platform by taking advantage of radiative losses. These findings might represent an important step forward in the development of CPA quantum networks.M.B. acknowledges support from Beatriz Galindo fellowship BEA-GAL18/00116. I.L. acknowledges support from Ramón y Cajal fellow-ship RYC2018-024123-I and project RTI2018-093714-301J-I00 sponsoredby MCIU/AEI/FEDER/UE, and ERC Starting Grant 948504.John Wiley & SonsIngeniaritza Elektrikoa, Elektronikoaren eta Telekomunikazio IngeniaritzarenInstitute of Smart Cities - ISCIngeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y de Comunicación2022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2454/44548reponame:Academica-e. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Pública de Navarrainstname:Universidad Pública de NavarraInglésinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MICIU/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/RTI2018-093714-301J-I00info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/European Commission/Horizon 2020 Framework Programme/948504© 2022 The Authors. Laser & Photonics Reviews published by Wiley-VCHGmbH. This is an open access article under the terms of the CreativeCommons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution andreproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:academica-e.unavarra.es:2454/445482026-06-17T12:41:47Z
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title Quantum interference in Wilkinson power dividers
spellingShingle Quantum interference in Wilkinson power dividers
Hernández Martínez, Osmery
Coherent perfect absorption
Quantum interference
Wilkinson power dividers
title_short Quantum interference in Wilkinson power dividers
title_full Quantum interference in Wilkinson power dividers
title_fullStr Quantum interference in Wilkinson power dividers
title_full_unstemmed Quantum interference in Wilkinson power dividers
title_sort Quantum interference in Wilkinson power dividers
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Hernández Martínez, Osmery
Ortega Gómez, Ángel
Bravo Acha, Mikel
Liberal Olleta, Íñigo
author Hernández Martínez, Osmery
author_facet Hernández Martínez, Osmery
Ortega Gómez, Ángel
Bravo Acha, Mikel
Liberal Olleta, Íñigo
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author2 Ortega Gómez, Ángel
Bravo Acha, Mikel
Liberal Olleta, Íñigo
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa, Elektronikoaren eta Telekomunikazio Ingeniaritzaren
Institute of Smart Cities - ISC
Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y de Comunicación
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Coherent perfect absorption
Quantum interference
Wilkinson power dividers
topic Coherent perfect absorption
Quantum interference
Wilkinson power dividers
description Scaling up quantum technologies entails the challenge of developing large-scale and high-performance photonic quantum networks. Engineering novel optical components, with a compact footprint and advanced functionalities, might help addressing this challenge by reducing the size and complexity of optical networks. Here, quantum interference phenomena in Wilkinson power dividers (WPDs), a popular element of microwave networks, is investigated. It is theoretically demonstrated that WPDs grant access to coherent perfect absorption (CPA) quantum state transformations (single photon CPA, coherent absorption of N00N states, two-photon nonlinear absorption, and absorption of coherence in squeezed light) in CPA networks with a smaller footprint and a reduced number of elements. Additionally, it is shown how a WPD can be designed in a pure silicon-on-insulator platform by taking advantage of radiative losses. These findings might represent an important step forward in the development of CPA quantum networks.
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