Integrated Source of Path-Entangled Photon Pairs with Efficient Pump Self-Rejection

We present a theoretical proposal for an integrated four-wave mixing source of narrow-band path-entangled photon pairs with efficient spatial pump self-rejection. The scheme is based on correlated loss in a system of waveguides in Kerr nonlinear media. We calculate that this setup gives the possibility for upwards of 100 dB pump rejection, without additional filtering. The effect is reached by driving the symmetric collective mode that is strongly attenuated by an engineered dissipation, while photon pairs are born in the antisymmetric mode. A similar set-up can additionally be realized for the generation of two-photon NOON states, also with pump self-rejection. We discuss the implementation of the scheme by means of the coherent diffusive photonics, and demostrate its feasibility in both glass (such as fused silica-glass and IG2) and planar semiconductor waveguide structures in indium phosphide (InP) and in silicon.

Propagation dynamics of cosh-Airy beams in Kerr nonlinear media

We investigate propagation dynamics of cosh- and cosine-Airy beams in Kerr nonlinear media. The cosh-Airy and cosine-Airy beam can be considered as a superposition of two Airy beams with different decay factors and different propagation trajectories, respectively. It is shown that the solitons shedding from cosh-Airy and cosine-Airy beams and their interaction in both in-phase and out-of-phase cases are strongly dependent on the modulation parameter associated with the cosh function. The interaction between two cosine-Airy beams can exhibit attraction or repulsion under proper interval and initial angle condition in both in-phase and out-of-phase cases.