Mode multiplexed single-photon and classical channels in a few-mode fiber

Joel Carpenter; Chunle Xiong; Matthew J. Collins; Juntao Li; Thomas F. Krauss; Benjamin J. Eggleton; Alex S. Clark; Jochen Schroeder

doi:10.1364/OE.21.028794

Mode multiplexed single-photon and classical channels in a few-mode fiber

Joel Carpenter, Chunle Xiong, Matthew J. Collins, Juntao Li, Thomas F. Krauss, Benjamin J. Eggleton, Alex S. Clark^*, Jochen Schroeder

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Physics and Astronomy

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

We classically measure the entire propagation matrix of a few-mode fiber and use a spatial light modulator to undo modal mixing and recover single-photons launched onto each of the eigenmodes of the fiber at one end, but arriving as mixed modal superpositions at the other. We exploit the orthogonality of these modal channels to improve the isolation between a quantum and classical channel launched onto different spatial and polarization modes at different wavelengths. The spatial diversity of the channels provides an additional 35dB of isolation in addition to that provided by polarization and wavelength. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	28794-28800
Number of pages	7
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	21
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.028794
Publication status	Published - 18 Nov 2013

Keywords

Key distribution
Slow-light
Entanglement
Transmission

Access to Document

10.1364/OE.21.028794

Cite this

@article{810b9d96b84448bb823889f50fb53073,

title = "Mode multiplexed single-photon and classical channels in a few-mode fiber",

abstract = "We classically measure the entire propagation matrix of a few-mode fiber and use a spatial light modulator to undo modal mixing and recover single-photons launched onto each of the eigenmodes of the fiber at one end, but arriving as mixed modal superpositions at the other. We exploit the orthogonality of these modal channels to improve the isolation between a quantum and classical channel launched onto different spatial and polarization modes at different wavelengths. The spatial diversity of the channels provides an additional 35dB of isolation in addition to that provided by polarization and wavelength. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America",

keywords = "Key distribution, Slow-light, Entanglement, Transmission",

author = "Joel Carpenter and Chunle Xiong and Collins, {Matthew J.} and Juntao Li and Krauss, {Thomas F.} and Eggleton, {Benjamin J.} and Clark, {Alex S.} and Jochen Schroeder",

note = "Funding: the Linkage (LP120100661), Laureate Fellowship (FL120100029), Centre of Excellence (CUDOS, CE110001018), and DECRA (DE130101148, DE120101329 and DE120100226) programs of the Australian Research Council and the EPSRC UK Silicon Photonics project (EP/F001428/1).",

year = "2013",

month = nov,

day = "18",

doi = "10.1364/OE.21.028794",

language = "English",

volume = "21",

pages = "28794--28800",

journal = "Optics Express",

issn = "1094-4087",

publisher = "OPTICAL SOC AMER",

number = "23",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Mode multiplexed single-photon and classical channels in a few-mode fiber

AU - Carpenter, Joel

AU - Xiong, Chunle

AU - Collins, Matthew J.

AU - Li, Juntao

AU - Krauss, Thomas F.

AU - Eggleton, Benjamin J.

AU - Clark, Alex S.

AU - Schroeder, Jochen

N1 - Funding: the Linkage (LP120100661), Laureate Fellowship (FL120100029), Centre of Excellence (CUDOS, CE110001018), and DECRA (DE130101148, DE120101329 and DE120100226) programs of the Australian Research Council and the EPSRC UK Silicon Photonics project (EP/F001428/1).

PY - 2013/11/18

Y1 - 2013/11/18

N2 - We classically measure the entire propagation matrix of a few-mode fiber and use a spatial light modulator to undo modal mixing and recover single-photons launched onto each of the eigenmodes of the fiber at one end, but arriving as mixed modal superpositions at the other. We exploit the orthogonality of these modal channels to improve the isolation between a quantum and classical channel launched onto different spatial and polarization modes at different wavelengths. The spatial diversity of the channels provides an additional 35dB of isolation in addition to that provided by polarization and wavelength. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America

AB - We classically measure the entire propagation matrix of a few-mode fiber and use a spatial light modulator to undo modal mixing and recover single-photons launched onto each of the eigenmodes of the fiber at one end, but arriving as mixed modal superpositions at the other. We exploit the orthogonality of these modal channels to improve the isolation between a quantum and classical channel launched onto different spatial and polarization modes at different wavelengths. The spatial diversity of the channels provides an additional 35dB of isolation in addition to that provided by polarization and wavelength. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America

KW - Key distribution

KW - Slow-light

KW - Entanglement

KW - Transmission

UR - http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?uri=oe-21-23-28794

U2 - 10.1364/OE.21.028794

DO - 10.1364/OE.21.028794

M3 - Article

SN - 1094-4087

VL - 21

SP - 28794

EP - 28800

JO - Optics Express

JF - Optics Express

IS - 23

ER -

Mode multiplexed single-photon and classical channels in a few-mode fiber

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this