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Multiplexed color centers in a silicon photonic cavity array

Quantum Physics 2025-01-30 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Optics

Abstract

Entanglement distribution is central to the modular scaling of quantum processors and establishing quantum networks. Color centers with telecom-band transitions and long spin coherence times are suitable candidates for long-distance entanglement distribution. However, high-bandwidth memory-enhanced quantum communication is limited by high-yield, scalable creation of efficient spin-photon interfaces. Here, we develop a silicon photonics platform consisting of arrays of bus-coupled cavities. The coupling to a common bus waveguide enables simultaneous access to individually addressable cavity-enhanced T center arrays. We demonstrate frequency-multiplexed operation of two T centers in separate photonic crystal cavities. In addition, we investigate the cavity enhancement of a T center through hybridized modes formed between physically distant cavities. Our results show that bus-coupled arrays of cavity-enhanced color centers could enable efficient on-chip and long-distance entanglement distribution.

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@article{arxiv.2501.17339,
  title  = {Multiplexed color centers in a silicon photonic cavity array},
  author = {Lukasz Komza and Xueyue Zhang and Hanbin Song and Yu-Lung Tang and Xin Wei and Alp Sipahigil},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.17339},
  year   = {2025}
}
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