We demonstrate the generation of non-classical photon pairs in a warm S-Rb atomic vapor ('ell with no buffer gas or polarization preserving coatings via spontaneous four-wave mixing. We obtain the photon pairs with ...We demonstrate the generation of non-classical photon pairs in a warm S-Rb atomic vapor ('ell with no buffer gas or polarization preserving coatings via spontaneous four-wave mixing. We obtain the photon pairs with a 1/e correlation time of 40 ns and the violation of Cauchy-Sehwartz inequality by a factor of 23 - 3. This provides a convenient and efficient method to generate photon pair sources based on an atomic ensemble.展开更多
基金supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universitiesthe National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11774286,11374238,11574247,11374008,and 11534008)
文摘We demonstrate the generation of non-classical photon pairs in a warm S-Rb atomic vapor ('ell with no buffer gas or polarization preserving coatings via spontaneous four-wave mixing. We obtain the photon pairs with a 1/e correlation time of 40 ns and the violation of Cauchy-Sehwartz inequality by a factor of 23 - 3. This provides a convenient and efficient method to generate photon pair sources based on an atomic ensemble.