European Conference on Optical Communication

On-chip generation and demultiplexing of quantum correlated photons using silicon-silica monolithic waveguide platform

Nobuyuki Matsuda, Péter Karkus, Hidetaka Nishi, Tai Tsuchizawa, William J. Munro, Hiroki Takesue, Koji Yamada

Published Sep 1, 2014• 0 citations

Abstract

We demonstrate the generation and demultiplexing of quantum correlated photons on a chip. Photon pairs generated in a nonlinear silicon waveguide are successfully separated into two optical channels of an arrayed-waveguide grating made on a low-nonlinear silica platform.

DOI: 10.1109/ecoc.2014.6963832

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