Engineered quantum dot single-photon sources

S Buckley, K Rivoire, J Vučković - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Fast, high efficiency and low error single-photon sources are required for the implementation
of a number of quantum information processing applications. The fastest triggered single …

Ultrafast second-order nonlinear photonics—from classical physics to non-Gaussian quantum dynamics: a tutorial

M Jankowski, R Yanagimoto, E Ng… - Advances in Optics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Photonic integrated circuits with second-order (χ (2)) nonlinearities are rapidly scaling to
remarkably low powers. At this time, state-of-the-art devices achieve saturated nonlinear …

Toward 1% single-photon anharmonicity with periodically poled lithium niobate microring resonators

J Lu, M Li, CL Zou, A Al Sayem, HX Tang - Optica, 2020 - opg.optica.org
The absence of the single-photon nonlinearity has been a major roadblock in develo**
quantum photonic circuits at optical frequencies. In this paper, we demonstrate a periodically …

Self-isolated Raman lasing with a chiral dielectric metasurface

J Dixon, M Lawrence, DR Barton III, J Dionne - Physical review letters, 2021 - APS
The light sources that power photonic networks are small and scalable, but they also require
the incorporation of optical isolators that allow light to pass in one direction only, protecting …

Doubly resonant χ(2) nonlinear photonic crystal cavity based on a bound state in the continuum

M Minkov, D Gerace, S Fan - Optica, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Photonic nanostructures simultaneously maximizing spectral and spatial overlap between
fundamental and second-harmonic confined modes are highly desirable for enhancing …

Controlled-phase gate using dynamically coupled cavities and optical nonlinearities

M Heuck, K Jacobs, DR Englund - Physical review letters, 2020 - APS
We show that relatively simple integrated photonic circuits have the potential to realize a
high fidelity deterministic controlled-phase gate between photonic qubits using bulk optical …

Doubly resonant second-harmonic generation of a vortex beam from a bound state in the continuum

J Wang, M Clementi, M Minkov, A Barone, JF Carlin… - Optica, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Second-harmonic generation in nonlinear materials can be greatly enhanced by realizing
doubly resonant cavities with high quality factors. However, fulfilling such doubly resonant …

Q-Factor Optimization of Modes in Ordered and Disordered Photonic Systems Using Non-Hermitian Perturbation Theory

N Granchi, F Intonti, M Florescu, PD García… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The quality factor, Q, of photonic resonators permeates most figures of merit in applications
that rely on cavity-enhanced light–matter interaction such as all-optical information …

Temporal trap**: a route to strong coupling and deterministic optical quantum computation

R Yanagimoto, E Ng, M Jankowski, H Mabuchi… - Optica, 2022 - opg.optica.org
The realization of deterministic photon–photon gates is a central goal in optical quantum
computation and engineering. A longstanding challenge is that optical nonlinearities in …

Single-photon blockade in doubly resonant nanocavities with second-order nonlinearity

A Majumdar, D Gerace - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials …, 2013 - APS
We propose the use of nanostructured photonic nanocavities made of χ (2) nonlinear
materials as prospective passive devices to generate strongly sub-Poissonian light via …