Advances in space quantum communications

JS Sidhu, SK Joshi, M Gündoğan… - IET Quantum …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Concerted efforts are underway to establish an infrastructure for a global quantum Internet to
realise a spectrum of quantum technologies. This will enable more precise sensors, secure …

Thirty years in silicon photonics: a personal view

L Pavesi - Frontiers in Physics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Silicon Photonics, the technology where optical devices are fabricated by the mainstream
microelectronic processing technology, was proposed almost 30 years ago. I joined this …

[HTML][HTML] Single-photon detection in the mid-infrared up to 10 μm wavelength using tungsten silicide superconducting nanowire detectors

VB Verma, B Korzh, AB Walter, AE Lita, RM Briggs… - APL photonics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
We developed superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors based on tungsten
silicide, which show saturated internal detection efficiency up to a wavelength of 10 μm …

Entangled photon-pair sources based on three-wave mixing in bulk crystals

A Anwar, C Perumangatt, F Steinlechner… - Review of Scientific …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Entangled photon pairs are a critical resource in quantum communication protocols ranging
from quantum key distribution to teleportation. The current workhorse technique for …

Quantum entanglement and interference at 3 μm

Z Ge, ZQZ Han, F Yang, XH Wang, YH Li, Y Li… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Given the important advantages of the mid-infrared optical range (2.5 to 25 μm) for
biomedical sensing, optical communications, and molecular spectroscopy, extending …

Photon counting LIDAR at 2.3 µm wavelength with superconducting nanowires

GG Taylor, D Morozov, NR Gemmell, K Erotokritou… - Optics express, 2019 - opg.optica.org
In this work, we show a proof-of-principle benchtop single-photon light detection and
ranging (LIDAR) depth imager at 2.3 µm, utilizing superconducting nanowire single-photon …

On-chip heralded single photon sources

S Signorini, L Pavesi - AVS Quantum Science, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Time correlated photon pairs are used to produce heralded single photon states for quantum
integrated circuits. These states are generated by photon sources, which are called …

Mid-infrared quantum optics in silicon

LM Rosenfeld, DA Sulway, GF Sinclair, V Anant… - Optics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Applied quantum optics stands to revolutionise many aspects of information technology,
provided performance can be maintained when scaled up. Silicon quantum photonics …

[HTML][HTML] Silicon photonic quantum computing with spin qubits

X Yan, S Gitt, B Lin, D Witt, M Abdolahi, A Afifi, A Azem… - APL Photonics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Universal quantum computing holds the promise to fundamentally change today's
information-based society, yet a hardware platform that will provide a clear path to fault …

Efficient mid-infrared single-photon detection using superconducting NbTiN nanowires with high time resolution in a Gifford-McMahon cryocooler

J Chang, JWN Los, R Gourgues, S Steinhauer… - Photonics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Shortly after their inception, superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs)
became the leading quantum light detection technology. With the capability of detecting …