Spectrally Multimode Photon Pair Source
| dc.contributor.advisor | Oblak, Daniel | |
| dc.contributor.author | Xiong, YanJuan | |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Barclay, Paul | |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Simon, Christoph | |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Friesen, Timothy | |
| dc.date | 2021-11 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-09-13T22:26:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-09-13T22:26:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-09 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The development of the quantum computer challenges the security of classical communication. This is due to the security of classical encryption being based on the computational complexity of an algorithm, for example, the difficulty of factoring a number into its prime product. Quantum communication uses quantum mechanics to manipulate quantum states and exchange information between two locations. Quantum communication has proven to be unconditionally secure. However, the fact that the maximum transmission distance is largely limited by attenuation in the distribution link remains one of the biggest challenges for practical quantum communication. Quantum repeaters can greatly extend this communication transmission distance. To realize quantum repeaters, one requires quantum memories, entanglement swapping operations, and photon pair-sources. In addition, quantum repeaters greatly benefit - in terms of the achievable entanglement distribution rate - if they can incorporate some form of multiplexing. Multiplexing is possible in any of the available photonic modes, which for transmission in single-mode fibers amounts to polarization, spectral, and temporal modes. The polarization degree of freedom is undesirable because it only has two orthogonal modes. The choice of the spectral or temporal modes for multiplexing then depends on what is most compatible with other components in the setup, particularly the quantum memory, which is the most demanding component. Based on prior demonstrations in the lab of spectral multiplexing in rare-earth ion doped crystals, the purpose of my project has been to build a spectrally multi-mode photon pair-source. Our implementation of the spectrally multi-mode photon pair sources relies on a nonlinear optics process that involves the interaction of strong light and a non-linear crystal. To achieve the spectral selection of specific modes, the non-linear crystal is combined with a suitable cavity. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Xiong, Y. (2021). Spectrally multimode photon pair source (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/39187 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1880/113861 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Science | en_US |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Calgary | en |
| dc.rights | University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Spectral multimode, photon pair source | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Education--Sciences | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Education--Technology | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Education--Tests and Measurements | en_US |
| dc.title | Spectrally Multimode Photon Pair Source | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Physics & Astronomy | en_US |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Calgary | en_US |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Science (MSc) | en_US |
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