Ultrafast second-order nonlinear photonics—from classical physics to non-Gaussian quantum dynamics: a tutorial

M Jankowski, R Yanagimoto, E Ng… - Advances in Optics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Photonic integrated circuits with second-order (χ (2)) nonlinearities are rapidly scaling to
remarkably low powers. At this time, state-of-the-art devices achieve saturated nonlinear …

Dispersion-engineered nanophotonics: a flexible tool for nonclassical light

M Jankowski, J Mishra, MM Fejer - Journal of Physics: Photonics, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
This article reviews recent progress in quasi-phasematched χ (2) nonlinear nanophotonics,
with a particular focus on dispersion-engineered nonlinear interactions. Throughout this …

High-efficiency second harmonic generation of blue light on thin-film lithium niobate

T Park, HS Stokowski, V Ansari, TP McKenna… - Optics Letters, 2022 - opg.optica.org
The strength of interactions between photons in a χ^(2) nonlinear optical waveguide
increases at shorter wavelengths. These larger interactions enable coherent spectral …

Onset of non-Gaussian quantum physics in pulsed squeezing with mesoscopic fields

R Yanagimoto, E Ng, A Yamamura, T Onodera… - Optica, 2022 - opg.optica.org
<? TeX 2pc 0pt?> We study the emergence of non-Gaussian quantum features in pulsed
squeezed light generation with a mesoscopic number (ie, dozens to hundreds) of pump …

Efficient simulation of ultrafast quantum nonlinear optics with matrix product states

R Yanagimoto, E Ng, LG Wright, T Onodera, H Mabuchi - Optica, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Ultrashort pulses propagating in nonlinear nanophotonic waveguides can simultaneously
leverage both temporal and spatial field confinement, promising a route towards single …

Deterministic N-photon state generation using lithium niobate on insulator device

HY Liu, M Shang, X Liu, Y Wei, M Mi… - Advanced …, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The large-photon-number quantum state is a fundamental but nonresolved request for
practical quantum information applications. We propose an N-photon state generation …

Effective field theories in broadband quantum optics: modeling phase modulation and two-photon loss from cascaded quadratic nonlinearities

C Gustin, R Yanagimoto, E Ng… - Quantum Science …, 2025 - iopscience.iop.org
In broadband quantum optical systems, nonlinear interactions among a large number of
frequency components induce complex dynamics that may defy heuristic analysis. In this …

Complete conversion between one and two photons in nonlinear waveguides: theory of dispersion engineering

AS Solntsev, SV Batalov, NK Langford… - New Journal of …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
High-efficiency photon-pair production is a long-sought-after goal for many optical quantum
technologies, and coherent photon conversion (CPC) processes are promising candidates …

Towards an engineering framework for ultrafast quantum nonlinear optics

R Yanagimoto, E Ng, T Onodera… - Ultrafast Phenomena …, 2021 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The advent of dispersion-engineered and highly nonlinear nanophotonics is expected to
open up an all-optical path towards the strong-interaction regime of quantum optics by …

Using system-reservoir methods to derive effective field theories for broadband nonlinear quantum optics: a case study on cascaded quadratic nonlinearities

C Gustin, R Yanagimoto, E Ng, T Onodera… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
In broadband quantum optical systems, nonlinear interactions among a large number of
frequency components induce complex dynamics that may defy heuristic analysis. In this …