Photonic Crystal Waveguide Sources of Photons for Quantum Communication Applications

Author

Chunle Xiong ; Collins, Matthew J. ; Steel, Michael J. ; Krauss, Thomas F. ; Eggleton, Benjamin J. ; Clark, Alex S.

Author_Institution

Centre for Ultrahigh Bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Volume

21

Issue

3

fYear

2015

fDate

May-June 2015

Firstpage

205

Lastpage

214

Abstract

Reliable sources of photons will be required to develop many photonic quantum technologies. Current on-demand sources are lacking in brightness, compactness, and scalability. Here, we review the use of silicon photonic crystal waveguides as nonlinear photon generators in the 1550 nm band. We show that these photon sources can create strong frequency correlations, that the predictability of photon generation can be improved through the active multiplexing of many sources, and that photons from these sources can be useful for quantum communication.

Keywords

elemental semiconductors; multiplexing; nonlinear optics; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; quantum communication; silicon; Si; active multiplexing; frequency correlations; nonlinear photon generators; photonic crystal waveguide sources; quantum communication applications; silicon photonic crystal waveguides; wavelength 1550 nm; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Detectors; Multiplexing; Photonics; Silicon; Switches; Multiplexing; Photon Sources; Quantum Communication; photon sources; quantum communication;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSTQE.2014.2375154

Filename

6967705