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First Demonstration of a Group-IV Emitter on Photonic BiCMOS Supplying a Quantum Communication Link

Quantum Physics 2024-05-03 v1
Authors: Florian Honz , Michael Hentschel , Stefan Jessenig , Jochen Kraft , Philip Walther , Bernhard Schrenk
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Abstract

We implement a silicon-on-insulator light emitter as optical supply for a QKD transmitter and transfer it to an electronic BiCMOS wafer. A secure key is established over short reach in co-existence with shortwave data transmission.

Keywords

Quantum key distribution Silicon-on-insulator emitter Photonic BiCMOS Group-IV emitter Quantum communication

Cite

@article{arxiv.2405.01237,
  title  = {First Demonstration of a Group-IV Emitter on Photonic BiCMOS Supplying a Quantum Communication Link},
  author = {Florian Honz and Michael Hentschel and Stefan Jessenig and Jochen Kraft and Philip Walther and Bernhard Schrenk},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.01237},
  year   = {2024}
}

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