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Aluminum nitride waveguide beam splitters for integrated quantum photonic circuits

Optics 2022-08-03 v1 Quantum Physics

Abstract

We demonstrate integrated photonic circuits for quantum devices using sputtered polycrystalline aluminum nitride (AlN) on insulator. The on-chip AlN waveguide directional couplers, which are one of the most important components in quantum photonics, are fabricated and show the output power splitting ratios from 50:50 to 99:1. The polarization beam splitters with an extinction ratio of more than 10 dB are also realized from the AlN directional couplers. Using the fabricated AlN waveguide beam splitters, we observe the Hong-Ou-Mandel interference with a visibility of 91.7 +(-) 5.66 %.

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@article{arxiv.2208.01377,
  title  = {Aluminum nitride waveguide beam splitters for integrated quantum photonic circuits},
  author = {Hyeong-Soon Jang and Donghwa Lee and Hyungjun Heo and Yong-Su Kim and Hyang-Tag Lim and Seung-Woo Jeon and Sung Moon and Sangin Kim and Sang-Wook Han and Hojoong Jung},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.01377},
  year   = {2022}
}

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9 pages, 4 figures

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