Photon Propagation through Linearly Active Dimers
We provide an analytic propagator for non-Hermitian dimers showing linear gain or losses in the quantum regime. In particular, we focus on experimentally feasible realizations of the PT -symmetric dimer and provide their mean photon number and second order two-point correlation. We study the pr...
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| description | We provide an analytic propagator for non-Hermitian dimers showing linear gain or losses in the quantum regime. In particular, we focus on experimentally feasible realizations of the PT -symmetric dimer and provide their mean photon number and second order two-point correlation. We study the propagation of vacuum, single photon spatially-separable, and two-photon spatially-entangled states. We show that each configuration produces a particular signature that might signal their possible uses as photon switches, semi-classical intensity-tunable sources, or spatially entangled sources to mention a few possible applications. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-53ec187635b6497fbf455af6bc45ad502022-12-22T01:14:32ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172017-06-017658710.3390/app7060587app7060587Photon Propagation through Linearly Active DimersJosé Delfino Huerta Morales0Blas Manuel Rodríguez-Lara1Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Calle Luis Enrique Erro No. 1, Sta. Ma. Tonantzintla, Puebla CP 72840, MexicoInstituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Calle Luis Enrique Erro No. 1, Sta. Ma. Tonantzintla, Puebla CP 72840, MexicoWe provide an analytic propagator for non-Hermitian dimers showing linear gain or losses in the quantum regime. In particular, we focus on experimentally feasible realizations of the PT -symmetric dimer and provide their mean photon number and second order two-point correlation. We study the propagation of vacuum, single photon spatially-separable, and two-photon spatially-entangled states. We show that each configuration produces a particular signature that might signal their possible uses as photon switches, semi-classical intensity-tunable sources, or spatially entangled sources to mention a few possible applications.http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/7/6/587PT-symmetric dimernon-Hermitian dimerquantum linear dimeroptical waveguide couplersphoton sampling |
| spellingShingle | José Delfino Huerta Morales Blas Manuel Rodríguez-Lara Photon Propagation through Linearly Active Dimers Applied Sciences PT-symmetric dimer non-Hermitian dimer quantum linear dimer optical waveguide couplers photon sampling |
| title | Photon Propagation through Linearly Active Dimers |
| title_full | Photon Propagation through Linearly Active Dimers |
| title_fullStr | Photon Propagation through Linearly Active Dimers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Photon Propagation through Linearly Active Dimers |
| title_short | Photon Propagation through Linearly Active Dimers |
| title_sort | photon propagation through linearly active dimers |
| topic | PT-symmetric dimer non-Hermitian dimer quantum linear dimer optical waveguide couplers photon sampling |
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