High-order orbital angular momentum modes in bright squeezed vacuum states of light

光亮压缩真空态中的高阶轨道角动量模式

• 批准号: 413296026
• 负责人: Professorin Dr. Polina Sharapova
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Arbeitsgruppe Theoretical Quantum Optics
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2018-12-31 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/413296026?language=en
• 关键词: order; orbital; angular; momentum; modes

Helically-phased light beams attract more and more interest due to the orbital angular momentum that they carry. The (almost) unlimited value of leads to an unrestricted range of basis states, so-called orbital angular momentum modes, which may enable larger-alphabet quantum key distribution and provide high-dimensional quantum information resistant to eavesdropping. Orbital angular momentum modes are very promising for transmitting information over large distances, designing novel imaging systems and empowering quantum cryptography opportunities. Moreover, orbital angular momentum modes can be used in high-resolution and high-sensitivity measurements and for the optical manipulation of particles through light-matter interaction. To improve the quantum capacity of orbital angular momentum modes even further, one could use quantum light with huge photon numbers per mode. A promising candidate for that is the bright squeezed vacuum. Bright squeezed vacuum, is a macroscopic non-classical state of light that can be obtained via high-gain parametric-down-conversion or four-wave-mixing, and has a very broad photon-number distribution with very high photon numbers. Unlike displaced squeezed-light states, bright squeezed vacuum consists only of quantum noise and has strong photon-number correlations, leading to the reduction of noise below the shot-noise level as well as to quadrature squeezing. Such features of bright squeezed vacuum make it very attractive for various applications such as quantum imaging and sensitive metrology, quantum optomechanics, gravitational wave detecting, and nonlinear optics with quantum light. The proposed work focuses on the theoretical description of physical properties of so far unexplored high-order orbital angular momentum modes in bright squeezed vacuum, their preparation and sorting. All schemes for preparation and sorting of such modes will be based on the two- and three-crystal configuration with using an additional optical elements and non-Gaussian pump beams. The description of the selected orbital angular momentum modes will be performed from the point of view of Schmidt modes. The methods for preparation of a single orbital angular momentum mode with high quadrature squeezing and photon-number-correlated pairs of orbital angular momentum modes with noise reduction below the shot-noise level will be suggested. Simultaneously, we plan to suggest and calculate schemes of applying high-order orbital angular momentum modes for the rotation of mechanical objects and for passing strong correlations from the light subsystem to the mechanical one, for testing non-symmetrical absorption spectra of atoms, molecules, quantum dots, for testing the chirality of different objects, and for very sensitive phase measurements. Moreover, a theoretical description of orbital angular momentum modes in bright squeezed vacuum including time-ordering effects will be developed.

螺旋相控光束因其携带的轨道角动量而受到越来越多的关注。的(几乎)无限的值导致了不受限制的基态范围，即所谓的轨道角动量模，这可能使更大字母表的量子密钥分发成为可能，并提供抗窃听的高维量子信息。轨道角动量模式在长距离传输信息、设计新的成像系统和赋予量子密码学机会方面非常有前途。此外，轨道角动量模式可以用于高分辨率和高灵敏度的测量，以及通过光-物质相互作用对粒子进行光学操纵。为了进一步提高轨道角动量模式的量子能力，人们可以使用每个模式具有巨大光子数的量子光。一个很有希望的候选方案是明亮的压缩真空。明压缩真空是一种可以通过高增益参数下转换或四波混频获得的宏观非经典光态，具有非常宽的光子数分布和很高的光子数。与位移压缩光态不同，明亮的压缩真空只由量子噪声组成，并且具有很强的光子数关联，导致噪声降低到粒子噪声水平以下，同时也导致了正交压缩。明亮压缩真空的这些特性使其在量子成像和灵敏计量学、量子光力学、引力波探测和量子光非线性光学等领域具有广泛的应用前景。这项工作的重点是对明亮压缩真空中迄今尚未发现的高阶轨道角动量模的物理性质进行理论描述、制备和分类。所有这种模式的制备和分类方案都将基于双晶和三晶结构，并使用额外的光学元件和非高斯泵浦光束。所选轨道角动量模式的描述将从施密特模式的角度进行。提出了制备高正交压缩和光子数相关的单轨道角动量模且噪声降低到散粒噪声水平以下的方法。同时，我们计划提出和计算应用高阶轨道角动量模的方案，用于机械物体的旋转，将强关联从光子系统传递到机械系统，用于测试原子、分子、量子点的非对称吸收光谱，用于测试不同物体的手性，以及用于非常灵敏的相位测量。此外，还将建立包含时间有序效应的明亮压缩真空中轨道角动量模的理论描述。