Generation of a CW anti-bunched photon field from a thin-film PPLN waveguide by two-photon interference with a weak coherent state

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates a method to generate anti-bunched photon fields using a thin-film PPLN waveguide combined with a weak coherent state, achieving specific photon rates and g2-values for quantum imaging applications.

Contribution

It introduces a novel on-chip two-photon interference technique to produce anti-bunched light from a PPLN waveguide, advancing quantum light source technology.

Findings

Photon rate of 100 kHz achieved

g2-value of 0.35 measured

Potential for high-resolution quantum imaging

Abstract

An anti-bunched photon field is produced from a thin-film ppln waveguide by mixing the on-chip two-photon state with a weak but matched coherent state. This is achieved by taking out the two-photon part of the coherent state via a destructive two-photon interference with the on-chip two-photon state. We achieve a photon rate of 100 kHz with a g2-value of 0.35. This anti-bunched light field will have applications in high-resolution quantum imaging such as long baseline quantum telescopy for enhancing the signal-to-noise ratio.