Novel Optical Polymer-Based Interfaces to Quantum Photonic Integrated Circuits

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  • Asli Dilara Ugurlu
The realization of highly efficient, highly coherent, and scalable sources of single photons that can be integrated with on-chip optical networks is of great interest for creating photonic quantum processors. Here, we successfully implemented efficient spot-size converters in planar nanostructures using a novel fabrication method that integrates optical polymers with suspended waveguides. By further integration with a quantum-dot-based single-photon source on III-V semiconductor platform, we realized a quantum optical interface for lensed fibers, resulting in 48% chip-to-fiber coupling. Additionally, we demonstrate a novel resonant excitation scheme that leverages the potential of planar nanostructures. Through careful on-chip optical mode engineering, we achieve >80% single-photon coupling efficiency into the waveguide, while maintaining laser suppression better than <10-4. The resulting on-chip single-photon source exhibits high-purity (g(2)(0) = 0.020 ± 0.005) and high-indistinguishability (V = 96±2%). To demonstrate the potential of the integration and scalability of the platform, as well as packaging, we provide preliminary results of multiport coupling for chip-to-fiber-array as well as chip-to-chip interfacing. These collected investigations explore a pathway towards a complete plug-and-play single-photon source where multiple QDs can be triggered simultaneously to emit coherent single photons with high purity and indistinguishability.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherNiels Bohr Institute, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen
Number of pages138
Publication statusPublished - 2021

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