Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5449660 Optics Communications 2017 6 Pages PDF
Abstract

•Linear loss affects parametric amplification of a single photon.•Equations describing photon loss and amplification are derived.•Three-photon states are periodically suppressed for particular loss values.

We analyze the transmission of a single photon through a nonlinear waveguide, under the presence of linear losses and a co-propagating classical pump wave facilitating quantum-injected optical parametric amplification. We derive coupled Schrödinger-type equations which describe the processes of photon loss and generation of photon triplets, and obtain their solution to identify the quantum photon state at the output.

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