Analog quantum simulators rely on programmable quantum devices to emulate Hamiltonians describing various physical phenomenon. Photonic coupled cavity arrays are a promising platform for realizing such devices. Using a silicon photonic coupled cavity array made up of 8 high quality-factor resonators and equipped with specially designed thermo-optic island heaters for independent control of cavities, we demonstrate a programmable device implementing tight-binding Hamiltonians with access to the full eigen-energy spectrum. We report a ~50% reduction in the thermal crosstalk between neighboring sites of the cavity array compared to traditional heaters, and then present a control scheme to program the cavity array to a given tight-binding Hamiltonian.
@article{arxiv.2210.05070,
title = {Realizing tight-binding Hamiltonians using site-controlled coupled cavity arrays},
author = {Abhi Saxena and Arnab Manna and Rahul Trivedi and Arka Majumdar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.05070},
year = {2022}
}