• DocumentCode
    1683070
  • Title

    Monolithically-integrated polarization-entangled photon pair source on a silicon-on-insulator photonic circuit

  • Author

    Le Jeannic, Hanna ; Matsuda, Nobuyuki ; Takesue, Hiroki ; Fukuda, Hiroshi ; Tsuchizawa, Tai ; Watanabe, Toshifumi ; Yamada, Koji ; Itabashi, Sei-ichi ; Tokura, Yasuhiro

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Basic Res. Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present a polarization-entangled photon pair source fully integrated on a silicon photonic circuit. Using two silicon wire waveguides connected with a silicon polarization rotator, we demonstrate a generation of polarization-entangled photons.
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; light polarisation; optical rotation; optical waveguides; quantum entanglement; silicon-on-insulator; Si; monolithically-integrated polarization-entangled photon pair source; silicon polarization rotator; silicon wire waveguides; silicon-on-insulator photonic circuit; Optical waveguides; Optics; Photonics; Quantum computing; Quantum entanglement; Silicon; Wires;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326778