Aperiodic bandgap structures for enhanced quantum two-photon sources

TL;DR

This paper introduces a new method using aperiodic photonic structures based on multifractal distributions to significantly improve quantum two-photon emission rates, advancing on-chip quantum light sources.

Contribution

It presents a novel approach employing aperiodic Eisenstein and Gaussian prime-based structures to enhance two-photon emission, with detailed analysis of their optical properties and resonances.

Findings

Aperiodic structures form complete bandgaps with fractal scaling.

Enhanced emission rates from critical states in aperiodic arrays.

Potential for new electromagnetic phenomena in quantum nanophotonics.

Abstract

In this paper we propose a novel approach to enhance the efficiency of the two-photon spontaneous emission process that is driven by the multifractal optical mode density of photonic structures based on the aperiodic distributions of Eisenstein and Gaussian primes. In particular, using the accurate Mie-Lorenz multipolar theory in combination with multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis, we compute the local density of states of periodic and aperiodic systems and demonstrate the formation of complete bandgaps with distinctive fractal scaling behavior for scattering arrays of dielectric nanocylinders. Moreover, we systematically study the Purcell enhancement and the most localized optical mode resonances in these novel aperiodic photonic systems and compute their two-photon spontaneous emission rates based on the general Green's tensor approach. Our results demonstrate that the excitation of the highly-resonant critical states of Eisenstein and Gaussian photonic arrays across broadband multifractal spectra gives rise to significantly enhanced emission rates compared to what is possible at the band-edges of periodic structures with comparable size. Besides defining a novel approach for enhanced quantum two-photon sources on the chip, the engineering of aperiodic bandgap structures with multifractal mode density may provide access to novel electromagnetic resonant phenomena in a multiscale-invariant vacuum for quantum nanophotonics applications.