Integrated sources of photon quantum states based on nonlinear optics

L Caspani, C **ong, BJ Eggleton, D Bajoni… - Light: Science & …, 2017 - nature.com
The ability to generate complex optical photon states involving entanglement between
multiple optical modes is not only critical to advancing our understanding of quantum …

Progress on chip-based spontaneous four-wave mixing quantum light sources

H Wang, Q Zeng, H Ma, Z Yuan - Advanced Devices & …, 2024 - spj.science.org
Quantum light generated through spontaneous four-wave mixing (SFWM) process in
nonlinear materials, such as entangled photon pairs and single photons, is an important …

Multi-photon absorption limits to heralded single photon sources

CA Husko, AS Clark, MJ Collins, A De Rossi… - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
Single photons are of paramount importance to future quantum technologies, including
quantum communication and computation. Nonlinear photonic devices using parametric …

Slow light enhanced correlated photon pair generation in photonic-crystal coupled-resonator optical waveguides

N Matsuda, H Takesue, K Shimizu, Y Tokura… - Optics express, 2013 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate the generation of quantum-correlated photon pairs from a Si photonic-
crystal coupled-resonator optical waveguide. A slow-light supermode realized by the …

Bi-photon spectral correlation measurements from a silicon nanowire in the quantum and classical regimes

I Jizan, LG Helt, C **ong, MJ Collins, DY Choi… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
The growing requirement for photon pairs with specific spectral correlations in quantum
optics experiments has created a demand for fast, high resolution and accurate source …

High coincidence-to-accidental ratio continuous-wave photon-pair generation in a grating-coupled silicon strip waveguide

K Guo, EN Christensen, JB Christensen… - Applied Physics …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We demonstrate a very high coincidence-to-accidental ratio of 673 using continuous-wave
photon-pair generation in a silicon strip waveguide through spontaneous four-wave mixing …

Generation rate scaling: The quality factor optimization of microring resonators for photon-pair sources

K Guo, X Shi, X Wang, J Yang, Y Ding, H Ou… - Photonics …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
To achieve photon-pair generation scaling, we optimize the quality factor of microring
resonators for efficient continuous-wave-pumped spontaneous four-wave mixing. Numerical …

On-chip generation and demultiplexing of quantum correlated photons using a silicon-silica monolithic photonic integration platform

N Matsuda, P Karkus, H Nishi, T Tsuchizawa… - Optics express, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate the generation and demultiplexing of quantum correlated photons on a
monolithic photonic chip composed of silicon and silica-based waveguides. Photon pairs …

Nonclassical optical bistability and resonance-locked regime of photon-pair sources using silicon microring resonator

K Guo, L Yang, X Shi, X Liu, Y Cao, J Zhang, X Wang… - Physical Review …, 2019 - APS
We generate correlated photon pairs in an all-pass silicon microring resonator using
continuous-wave pumped spontaneous four-wave mixing and we characterize in detail the …

Biphoton statistics of quantum light generated on a silicon chip

X Lu, WC Jiang, J Zhang, Q Lin - ACS Photonics, 2016 - ACS Publications
We demonstrate a silicon-chip biphoton source with an unprecedented quantum cross-
correlation up to gsi (2)(0)=(2.58±0.16)× 104. The emitted photons are within single …