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Generation of entangled photon pairs from a silicon bichromatic photonic crystal cavity

Barone, Andrea
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Clementi, Marco  
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Poempool, Thanavorn
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January 1, 2024
Apl Photonics

Integrated quantum photonics leverages the on-chip generation of nonclassical states of light to realize key functionalities of quantum devices. Typically, the generation of such nonclassical states relies on whispering gallery mode resonators, such as integrated optical micro-rings, which enhance the efficiency of the underlying spontaneous nonlinear processes. While these kinds of resonators excel in maximizing either the temporal confinement or the spatial overlap between different resonant modes, they are usually associated with large mode volumes, imposing an intrinsic limitation on the efficiency and footprint of the device. Here, we engineer a source of time-energy entangled photon pairs based on a silicon photonic crystal cavity, implemented in a fully CMOS-compatible platform. In this device, resonantly enhanced spontaneous four-wave mixing converts pump photon pairs into signal/idler photon pairs under the energy-conserving condition in the telecommunication C-band. The design of the resonator is based on an effective bichromatic confinement potential, allowing it to achieve up to nine close-to-equally spaced modes in frequency, while preserving small mode volumes, and the whole chip, including grating couplers and access waveguides, is fabricated in a single run on a silicon-on-insulator platform. Besides demonstrating efficient photon pair generation, we also implement a Franson-type interference experiment, demonstrating entanglement between signal and idler photons with a Bell inequality violation exceeding five standard deviations. The high generation efficiency combined with the small device footprint in a CMOS-compatible integrated structure opens a pathway toward the implementation of compact quantum light sources in all-silicon photonic platforms.(c) 2024 Author(s). All article content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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research article
DOI
10.1063/5.0170292
Web of Science ID

WOS:001143689600001

Author(s)
Barone, Andrea
Clementi, Marco  
Poempool, Thanavorn
Marcia, Alessandro
Bajoni, Daniele
Liscidini, Marco
Gerace, Dario
Fromherz, Thomas
Galli, Matteo
Date Issued

2024-01-01

Publisher

Aip Publishing

Published in
Apl Photonics
Volume

9

Issue

1

Article Number

016110

Subjects

Physical Sciences

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Quantum

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

EPFL units
PHOSL  
FunderGrant Number

EU H2020 QuantERA ERA-NET co-fund in Quantum Technologies Project CUSPIDOR

Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR)

Austrian Science Foundation FWF

I 3760-N27

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February 21, 2024
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