Metasurface‐Enabled Generation of Circularly Polarized Single Photons

Yinhui Kan; Sebastian K. H. Andersen; Fei Ding; Shailesh Kumar; Changying Zhao; Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi

doi:10.1002/adma.201907832

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Metasurface‐Enabled Generation of Circularly Polarized Single Photons

Yinhui Kan

Sebastian K. H. Andersen Fei Ding

Shailesh Kumar

Changying Zhao Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi

Advanced Materials Vol. 32 No. 16 · Wiley

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Abstract

AbstractSingle photons carrying spin angular momentum (SAM), i.e., circularly polarized single photons generated typically by subjecting a quantum emitter (QE) to a strong magnetic field at low temperatures, are at the core of chiral quantum optics enabling nonreciprocal single‐photon configurations and deterministic spin‐photon interfaces. Here, a conceptually new approach to the room‐temperature generation of SAM‐coded single photons (SSPs) is described, which entails QE nonradiative coupling to surface plasmons being transformed, by interacting with an optical metasurface, into a collimated stream of SSPs with the designed handedness. Design, fabrication, and characterization of SSP sources, consisting of dielectric circular nanoridges with azimuthally varying widths deterministically fabricated on a dielectric‐protected silver film around a nanodiamond containing a nitrogen‐vacancy center, are reported. With properly engineered phases of QE‐originated fields scattered by nanoridges, the outcoupled photons are characterized by a well‐defined SAM (with the chirality >0.8) and high directionality (collection efficiency up to 92%).

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Published: Mar 01, 2020
Vol/Issue: 32(16)
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Authors

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Yinhui Kan

Institute of Engineering Thermophysics Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200240 China; Center for Nano Optics University of Southern Denmark DK‐5230 Odense M Denmark

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Sebastian K. H. Andersen

Center for Nano Optics University of Southern Denmark DK‐5230 Odense M Denmark

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Fei Ding

Center for Nano Optics University of Southern Denmark DK‐5230 Odense M Denmark

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Shailesh Kumar

Center for Nano Optics University of Southern Denmark DK‐5230 Odense M Denmark

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Changying Zhao

Institute of Engineering Thermophysics Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200240 China

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Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi

Center for Nano Optics University of Southern Denmark DK‐5230 Odense M Denmark

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China Award: 51636004

H2020 European Research Council Award: 341054

China Scholarship Council Award: 201806230179

Villum Fonden Award: 00022988

Cite This Article

Yinhui Kan, Sebastian K. H. Andersen, Fei Ding, et al. (2020). Metasurface‐Enabled Generation of Circularly Polarized Single Photons. Advanced Materials, 32(16). https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201907832

Metasurface‐Enabled Generation of Circularly Polarized Single Photons

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