Propagation and survival of frequency-bin entangled photons in metallic nanostructures

We report on the design of two plasmonic nanostructures and the propagation of frequency-bin entangled photons through them. The experimental findings clearly show the robustness of frequency-bin entanglement, which survives after interactions with both a hybrid plasmo-photonic structure, and a nano...

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Published in:	Nanophotonics (Berlin, Germany) Vol. 4; no. 1; pp. 324 - 331
Main Authors:	Olislager, Laurent, Kubo, Wakana, Tanaka, Takuo, Ungureanu, Simona, Vallée, Renaud A. L., Kolaric, Branko, Emplit, Philippe, Massar, Serge
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin De Gruyter Open 01-01-2015 Walter de Gruyter GmbH De Gruyter
Subjects:	Acoustics Arrays Electrons Gold Information processing Mechanics Optics Physics Propagation Belgium
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Summary:	We report on the design of two plasmonic nanostructures and the propagation of frequency-bin entangled photons through them. The experimental findings clearly show the robustness of frequency-bin entanglement, which survives after interactions with both a hybrid plasmo-photonic structure, and a nano-pillar array. These results confirm that quantum states can be encoded into the collective motion of a many-body electronic system without demolishing their quantum nature, and pave the way towards applications of plasmonic structures in quantum information.
ISSN:	2192-8606 2192-8614 2192-8614
DOI:	10.1515/nanoph-2015-0011