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A Photonic System for Generating Unconditional Polarization-Entangled Photons Based on Multiple Quantum Interference
Published on: September 5, 2019
Entangled photon pair excitation and time-frequency-filtered multidimensional photon correlation spectroscopy as a
Arunangshu Debnath1, Shaul Mukamel2
1Center for Free-Electron Laser Science CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany.
Abstract:
In quantum aggregates, delocalized exciton states across energy manifolds interact with phonon modes, making state-resolved spectroscopic monitoring of dynamics challenging. We propose a scheme that combines photon-entanglement-enhanced narrowband excitation of two-exciton states with time-frequency-filtered two-photon coincidence counting, which allows high-resolution probing of dissipative two-exciton dynamics spread across multiple spectral and temporal windows. We demonstrate that entangled photon pairs can be used to prepare narrowband two-exciton population distributions, circumventing transport in the mediating one-exciton manifold, and the redistributed two-exciton population can be monitored using time-frequency-filtered two-photon coincidence counting. Numerical simulations for a light-harvesting aggregate highlight the ability of this protocol to suppress or amplify specific pathways under a realistic scenario. Combining entangled photonic sources with multidimensional photon correlation techniques enables promising applications in spectroscopy and sensing.
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