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Entanglement-based QKD protocols require robust and stable photon pair sources in terms of high heralding efficiencies or photon pair generation rates even under harsh environmental conditions, e.g. when operated in the field. In this…

We present a photonic coupler that exhibits effectively wavelength-agnostic performance for ultra-broadband optical interfacing. By incorporating a dual-ellipsoidal geometry, the design facilitates quasi-free-space optical propagation. We…

Optics · Physics 2025-06-24 Huiyu Huang , Zhitian Shi , Chunhui Yao , Richard Penty , Qixiang Cheng

Recent advancements in quantum photonics have driven significant progress in photonic quantum computing (PQC), addressing challenges in scalability, efficiency, and fault tolerance. Experimental efforts have focused on integrated photonic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-07 Dennis Delali Kwesi Wayo , Leonardo Goliatt , Darvish Ganji

We propose an efficient single-photon router comprising two resonator waveguide channels coupled by several sequential cavities with embedded three-level atoms. We show that the system can operate as a perfect four-way single-photon switch.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-03-27 M. Ahumada , P. A. Orellana , F. Domínguez-Adame , A. V. Malyshev

Time- and number-resolved photon detection is crucial for photonic quantum information processing. Existing photon-number-resolving (PNR) detectors usually have limited timing and dark-count performance or require complex fabrication and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-06-23 Di Zhu , Marco Colangelo , Changchen Chen , Boris A. Korzh , Franco N. C. Wong , Matthew D. Shaw , Karl K. Berggren

Integrated entangled photon-pair sources are key elements for enabling large-scale quantum photonic solutions, and addresses the challenges of both scaling-up and stability. Here we report the first demonstration of an energy-time entangled…

We investigate photon tunneling in a pair of coupled inverted circular split-ring microwave resonators with four discrete chiral orientations. By varying the spacing between the resonators, we observe strong modulation of the transmission…

Efficiently distinguishing photon numbers is a crucial yet challenging technology for various quantum information and quantum metrology applications. While superconducting transition edge sensors offer good photon-number-resolving (PNR)…

We present a programmable silicon photonic circuit composed of cascaded multiport directional couplers interleaved with thermo-optic phase shifters. The device forms a reconfigurable interferometric network capable of realizing arbitrary $N…

Quantum photonic chips, which integrate quantum light sources alongside active and passive optical elements, as well as single photon detectors, show great potential for photonic quantum information processing and quantum technology. Mature…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-14 Xiang Guo , Chang-ling Zou , Carsten Schuck , Hojoong Jung , Risheng Cheng , Hong X. Tang

We present the controllability capabilities for the limit cycles of an extremely tunable photonic oscillator, consisting of two coupled semiconductor lasers. We show that this system supports stable limit cycles with frequencies ranging…

Optics · Physics 2020-03-18 Yannis Kominis , Anastassios Bountis , Vassilios Kovanis

Integrated photonics has revolutionized fields such as telecommunications, quantum optics, and metrology by enabling compact, scalable circuits through highly confined optical modes. Within the field of quantum acoustics, phonons have…

We demonstrate parametric all-optical modulation in a periodically-poled lithium niobate microring resonator on chip. It employs quantum Zeno blockade between two distinct waves, a signal and a pump, through their sum-frequency generation…

Optics · Physics 2024-04-03 Zhan Li , Jiayang Chen , Zhaohui Ma , Chao Tang , Yong Meng Sua , Yu-Ping Huang

The on-chip integration of quantum light sources has enabled the realization of complex quantum photonic circuits. However, for the practical implementation of such circuits in quantum information applications it is crucial to develop…

We design an efficient coupler to transmit light from a strip waveguide into the flatband slow mode of a photonic crystal waveguide with ring-shaped holes. The coupler is a section of a photonic crystal waveguide with a higher group…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Säynätjoki , K. Vynck , M. Mulot , D. Cassagne , J. Ahopelto , H. Lipsanen

Optically induced ultrafast switching of single photons is demonstrated by rotating the photon polarization via the Kerr effect in a commercially available single mode fiber. A switching efficiency of 97\% is achieved with a $\sim1.7$\,ps…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-03-27 Connor Kupchak , Jennifer Erskine , Duncan G. England , Benjamin J. Sussman

Programmable photonic circuits performing universal linear-optical transformations underpin vital functions in photonic quantum information processing, quantum-enhanced sensor networks, machine learning and many other intriguing…

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

We report on a novel phase-locking technique for fiber-based Mach-Zehnder interferometers based on discrete single-photon detections, and demonstrate this in a setup. Our interferometer decodes relative-phase-encoded optical pulse pairs for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-08 Bastian Hacker , Kevin Günthner , Conrad Rößler , Christoph Marquardt

An ultralow-V{\pi}L photonic switch device is demonstrated utilizing the high optical and electrical field confinement in silicon slot waveguides coupled with the strong electro-optic response of nematic liquid crystals. A silicon photonic…

Optics · Physics 2025-07-22 Li-Yuan Chiang , Chun-Ta Wang , Steve Pappert , Paul K. L. Yu