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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Silicon Quantum Photonic Sources and Circuits

Erman Engin, Damien Bonneau, Joshua W. Silverstone, Jianwei Wang, Kazuya Ohira, N. Suzuki, Haruhiko Yoshida, Norio Iizuka, Mizunori Ezaki, Chandra M. Natarajan, Michael G. Tanner, Robert H. Hadfield, Sander N. Dorenbos, Val Zwiller, Jeremy L. O’Brien, Mark G. Thompson

Published Jan 1, 2012• 0 citations
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Abstract

Elementary components required for photonic quantum information processing are realised in a silicon-on-insulator platform. On-chip quantum interference, manipulation of entangled states and photon-pair generation in a ring resonator with record high coincidental-to-accidental rates are demonstrated.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_at.2012.jw3i.4

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