Experimental Verification of Entanglement Generated in a Plasmonic System.
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Author(s)
Dieleman, F
Tame, MS
Sonnefraud, Y
Kim, MS
Maier, SA
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
A core process in many quantum tasks is the generation of entanglement. It is being actively studied in a variety of physical settings-from simple bipartite systems to complex multipartite systems. In this work we experimentally study the generation of bipartite entanglement in a nanophotonic system. Entanglement is generated via the quantum interference of two surface plasmon polaritons in a beamsplitter structure, i.e., utilizing the Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) effect, and its presence is verified using quantum state tomography. The amount of entanglement is quantified by the concurrence and we find values of up to 0.77 ± 0.04. Verifying entanglement in the output state from HOM interference is a nontrivial task and cannot be inferred from the visibility alone. The techniques we use to verify entanglement could be applied to other types of photonic system and therefore may be useful for the characterization of a range of different nanophotonic quantum devices.
Date Issued
2017-11-15
Date Acceptance
2017-11-08
Citation
Nano Letters, 2017, 17 (12), pp.7455-7461
ISSN
1530-6984
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Start Page
7455
End Page
7461
Journal / Book Title
Nano Letters
Volume
17
Issue
12
Copyright Statement
Copyright © 2017 American Chemical Society
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Grant Number
EP/L024926/1
Subjects
Quantum plasmonics
entanglement
nanophotonic waveguides
Publication Status
Published