Quantum correlations via vector soliton interactions

TL;DR

This paper explores how quantum-correlated pulse pairs can be generated in birefringent fibers through vector soliton interactions, analyzing photon correlations and squeezing using two different propagation models.

Contribution

It introduces two models for generating quantum correlations via vector soliton interactions in birefringent fibers, highlighting the role of dispersion modulation and polarization effects.

Findings

Correlated pulse pairs can be generated through soliton splitting and inelastic collisions.

Interpulse correlations depend on fiber dispersion modulation period.

Orthogonal polarization pulses enable channel separation and correlation control.

Abstract

The generation of quantum-correlated pulse pairs in a dispersion modulated birefringent fiber is considered. The photon-number correlations and squeezing are studied using linearized quantum fluctuation theory. Two models of the pulse propagation in an optical fiber are used. The first model is based on the Manakov equations, and the second one is based on the coupled nonlinear Schrodinger equations with differential group delay and birefringence terms. In the Manakov model the correlated pulse pairs can be generated using splitting of a second-order soliton and inelastic collision of two fundamental solitons. The interpulse correlations depends on the modulation period of the fiber dispersion. In the model of the coupled nonlinear Schrodinger equations the correlated pulse pair can be produced using pulse splitting due to polarization mode dispersion. The pulses have orthogonal polarization states. This allows the pulses to be separated into two different channels using a polarization beam splitter. The interpulse correlation depends on the interplay between polarization mode dispersion and polarization instability.