High-extinction ratio integrated photonic filters for silicon quantum photonics

Piekarek, M. et al. (2017) High-extinction ratio integrated photonic filters for silicon quantum photonics. Optics Letters, 42(4), pp. 815-818. (doi: 10.1364/OL.42.000815) (PMID:28198872)

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Abstract

We present the generation of quantum-correlated photon pairs and subsequent pump rejection across two silicon-on-insulator photonic integrated circuits. Incoherently cascaded lattice filters are used to provide over 100 dB pass-band to stop-band contrast with no additional external filtering. Photon pairs generated in a microring resonator are successfully separated from the input pump, confirmed by a temporal correlations measurements.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Hadfield, Professor Robert and Natarajan, Dr Chandra and Tanner, Dr Michael
Authors: Piekarek, M., Bonneau, D., Miki, S., Yamashita, T., Fujiwara, M., Sasaki, M., Terai, H., Tanner, M. G., Natarajan, C. M., Hadfield, R. H., O'Brien, J. L., and Thompson, M. G.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Electronics and Nanoscale Engineering
Journal Name:Optics Letters
Publisher:Optical Society of America
ISSN:0146-9592
ISSN (Online):1539-4794
Published Online:01 December 2016
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2017 Optical Society of America
First Published:First published in Optics Letters 42(4): 815-818
Publisher Policy:Reproduced under a Creative Commons License

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Project CodeAward NoProject NamePrincipal InvestigatorFunder's NameFunder RefLead Dept
645961Integrated Photonic Quantum technologiesRobert HadfieldEngineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)EP/L024020/1ENG - ENGINEERING ELECTRONICS & NANO ENG