Six-photon entangled Dicke state enabled by a UV enhancement cavity as novel SPDC photon source

Witlef Wieczorek, Roland Krischek, Akira Ozawa, Geza Toth, Nikolai Kiesel, Patrick Michelberger, Thomas Udem, Harald Weinfurter

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Abstract

Photon sources for multi-photon entanglement experiments are commonly based on the process of spontaneous parametric down conversion. Due to the probabilistic photon production, such experiments suffer from low multiphoton count rates. To increase this count rate, we present a novel SPDC pump source based on a femtosecond UV enhancement cavity that increases the available pump power while maintaining a high repetition rate of 80MHz. We apply the cavity as photon source for realizing symmetric, multi-partite entangled Dicke states, which are observed with a high rate and high fidelity. We characterize the observed Dicke states of up to six photons using efficient tools exploiting the state's symmetries.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationQuantum Optics
EditorsVN Zadkov, T Durt
Place of PublicationBELLINGHAM
PublisherSPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING
Number of pages11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
EventConference on Quantum Optics - Brüssel, Belgium
Duration: 13 Apr 201014 Apr 2010

Publication series

SeriesProceedings of SPIE
Volume7727
ISSN0277-786X

Conference

ConferenceConference on Quantum Optics
Country/TerritoryBelgium
CityBrüssel
Period13/04/1014/04/10

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

  • 103026 Quantum optics
  • 103025 Quantum mechanics

Keywords

  • quantum optics
  • quantum information
  • multi-photon entanglement
  • non-classical states
  • nonlinear optics
  • optical resonators
  • EXPERIMENTAL QUANTUM TELEPORTATION
  • FEMTOSECOND LASER-OSCILLATORS
  • ULTRAVIOLET
  • STABILIZATION
  • EFFICIENCY
  • DETECTORS
  • PULSES

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