DocumentCode
1782234
Title
Polarisation singularities in photonic crystals for an on-chip spin-photon interface
Author
Beggs, D.M. ; Young, A.B. ; Thijssen, A.C.T. ; Kuipers, K. ; Oulton, R.
Author_Institution
Centre for Quantum Photonics, Univ. of Bristol, Bristol, UK
fYear
2014
fDate
6-10 July 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
We demonstrate a photonic crystal waveguide design that supports polarisation singularities - positions in the electric field vector where one of the parameters describing the local polarisation ellipse is singular. We show how these singularities can be used to transfer quantum information between the spin states of an electron in a quantum dot and the path of a photon in the photonic crystal waveguide.
Keywords
integrated optics; light polarisation; optical design techniques; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; quantum optics; local polarisation ellipse; on-chip spin-photon interface; photonic crystal waveguide design; polarisation singularities; quantum dot; quantum information transfer; spin states; Cavity resonators; Correlation; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Photonics; Quantum dots; Quantum entanglement; photonic crystal waveguides; polarisation singularity; quantum information; spin-photon interface;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2014 16th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Graz
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876694
Filename
6876694
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