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Photon pair sources are fundamental building blocks for quantum entanglement and quantum communication. Recent studies in silicon photonics have documented promising characteristics for photon pair sources within the telecommunications…

We demonstrate correlated photon pair generation via spontaneous four-wave mixing in a low-loss double-stripe silicon nitride waveguide with a coincidence-to-accidental ratio over 10. The coincidence-to-accidental ratio is limited by…

Optics · Physics 2016-06-29 Xiang Zhang , Yanbing Zhang , Chunle Xiong , Benjamin J. Eggleton

Efficiently generating photon pairs with high heralding efficiency and high single photon purity that are bandwidth matched to quantum emitters, quantum memories, and other matter-based qubits is critical for quantum networking…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-21 Ashwith Prabhu , Elizabeth A. Goldschmidt

Hybrid photonic circuits, harnessing the complementary strengths of multiple materials, represent a key resource to enable compact, scalable platforms for quantum technologies. In particular, the availability of bright sources of tunable…

The future of integrated quantum photonics relies heavily on the ability to engineer refined methods for preparing the quantum states needed to implement various quantum protocols. An important example of such states are quantum-correlated…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-02-28 Jesper B. Christensen , Jacob G. Koefoed , Karsten Rottwitt , Colin. J. McKinstrie

We demonstrate that an integrated silicon microring resonator is capable of efficiently producing photon pairs that are completely unentangled; such pairs are a key component of heralded single photon sources. A dual-channel interferometric…

We report on the generation of nonclassical states of light in a silicon ring resonator in a selfpumping scheme. The ring is inserted in a lasing cavity, for which it acts as a filter, so that the lasing always occurs within a selected ring…

We demonstrate on chip generation of correlated pairs of photons in the near-visible spectrum using a CMOS compatible PECVD Silicon Nitride photonic device. Photons are generated via spontaneous four wave mixing enhanced by a ring resonator…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-03-29 Robert Cernansky , Francesco Martini , Alberto Politi

Advances in quantum photonics have shown that chip-scale quantum devices are translating from the realm of basic research to applied technologies. Recent developments in integrated photonic circuits and single photon detectors indicate that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-23 Steven Rogers , Daniel Mulkey , Xiyuan Lu , Wei C. Jiang , Qiang Lin

Composite optical systems can show compelling collective dynamics. For instance, the cooperative decay of quantum emitters into a common radiation mode can lead to superradiance, where the emission rate of the ensemble is larger than the…

Quantum photon sources of high rate, brightness, and purity are increasingly desirable as quantum information systems are quickly scaled up and applied to many fields. Using a periodically poled lithium niobate microresonator on chip, we…

Optics · Physics 2021-01-04 Zhaohui Ma , Jia-Yang Chen , Zhan Li , Chao Tang , Yong Meng Sua , Heng Fan , Yu-Ping Huang

We present a method for the generation of correlated photon pairs in desired orbital-angular-momentum states using a non-linear silica ring fiber and spontaneous parametric down-conversion. Photon-pair emission under quasi-phase-matching…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-19 Dalibor Javůrek , Jiří Svozilík , Jan Peřina

We present a detailed study of the generation of photon pairs by spontaneous four-wave mixing in a structure composed of two linearly uncoupled resonators, where energy can be transferred from one resonator to another only through a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-23 Luca Zatti , J. E. Sipe , Marco Liscidini

We report on a new kind of correlated photon-pair source based on a waveguide integrated on a Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate substrate. Using a pump laser of a few micro-Watts at 657 nm, we generate degenerate photon-pairs at 1314 nm.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Tanzilli , H. de Riedmatten , W. Tittel , H. Zbinden , P. Baldi , M. de Micheli , D. B. Ostrowsky , N. Gisin

We demonstrate a picosecond source of correlated photon pairs using a micro-structured fibre with zero dispersion around 715 nm wavelength. The fibre is pumped in the normal dispersion regime at ~708 nm and phase matching is satisfied for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 J. Fulconis , O. Alibart , W. J. Wadsworth , P. St. J. Russell , J. G. Rarity

We report an integrated photon pair source based on a CMOS-compatible microring resonator that generates multiple, simultaneous, and independent photon pairs at different wavelengths in a frequency comb compatible with fiber communication…

We study the generation of correlated photon pairs via spontaneous four wave mixing in a 15 cm long micro/nano-fiber (MNF). The MNF is properly fabricated to satisfy the phase matching condition for generating the signal and idler photon…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-11-22 Liang Cui , Xiaoying Li , Cheng Guo , Y. H. Li , Z. Y. Xu , L. J. Wang , Wei Fang

Next-generation communications, radar and navigation systems will extend and exploit the higher bandwidth of the millimeter-wave domain for increased communication data rates as well as radar with higher sensitivity and increased spatial…

Here we demonstrate the efficient photon-pair generation via spontaneous parametric down conversion from a semiconductor metasurface supporting dual quasi-bound states in the continuum (quasi-BICs). In a simple metasurface design composed…

Optics · Physics 2024-04-22 Tingting Liu , Meibao Qin , Siqi Feng , Xu Tu , Tianjing Guo , Feng Wu , Shuyuan Xiao

We report on multi-photon statistics of correlated twin beams produced in a periodic poled micro-ring resonator on thin-film lithium niobate. Owing to high cavity confinement and near perfect quasi-phase matching, the photons pairs are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-28 Zhaohui Ma , Jia-Yang Chen , Malvika Garikapati , Zhan Li , Chao Tang , Yong Meng Sua , Yu-Ping Huang