Entanglement properties of a quantum-dot biexciton cascade in a chiral nanophotonic waveguide

We analyze the entanglement properties of deterministic path-entangled photonic states generated by coupling the emission of a quantum-dot biexciton cascade to a chiral nanophotonic waveguide, as implemented by ostfeldt et al. [PRX Quantum 3, 020363 (2022)]. We model the degree of entanglement through the concurrence of the two-photon entangled state in the presence of realistic experimental imperfections. The model accounts for imperfect chiral emitter-photon interactions in the waveguide and the asymmetric coupling of the exciton levels introduced by fine-structure splitting along with time jitter in the detection of photons. The analysis shows that the approach offers a promising platform for deterministically generating entanglement in integrated nanophotonic systems in the presence of realistic experimental imperfections.

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We analyzed the entanglement properties of deterministic path-entangled photonic states generated by coupling the emission of a quantum-dot biexciton cascade to a chiral nanophotonic waveguide. Our analysis considered realistic experimental imperfections, such as imperfect chiral emitter-photon interactions and asymmetric coupling of exciton levels due to fine-structure splitting, along with time jitter in photon detection. The results showed that this approach offers a promising platform for generating entanglement in integrated nanophotonic systems despite the presence of these imperfections.