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Asia Communications and Photonics Conference

Silica Integrated Optics As A Platform For Quantum Information Processing

Peter G. R. Smith, James C. Gates, Corin B. E. Gawith, Christopher H. Holmes, Lewis G. Carpenter, Sam A. Berry, Paolo L. Mennea, Matthew T. Posner, Peter A. Cooper, Stephen G. Lynch, Rex H. S. Bannerman, Miranda Turvey

Published Jan 1, 2015• 0 citations
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Abstract

Silica provides a low-loss platform for integrated optics. With demonstrations including teleportation and Boson sampling it is important for developing Quantum Information Processing. We report the design, fabrication, testing and realization of complex waveguide circuits.
DOI
10.1364/acpc.2015.am1j.2

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