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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC)

Quantum Photonic Processor based on Programmable Integrated Silicon Nitride Circuits

Jörn P. Epping, Caterina Taballione, Reinier van der Meer, Henk Snijders, Peter Hooijschuur, Ben Kassenberg, Michiel de Goede, Pim Venderbosch, Chris Toebes, Hans H. van den Vlekkert, Pepijn W. H. Pinkse, Jelmer J. Renema

Published Jun 21, 2021• 2 citations

Abstract

Recently, quantum advantage over classical computation has been claimed using photons [1] . To control photonic quantum computations such as Boson sampling, a non-universal approach on quantum computation, large-scale quantum processors are needed [2] , [3] . To realize scalable and robust photonic quantum processors integrated photonics is a key technology. In our approach we use the integrated waveguide platform based on silicon nitride [4] , due to its low intrinsic losses and technological maturity. The low losses result in a high fidelity of the quantum photonics processor which is mandatory for reliable quantum computation while maturity of the platform allows for scaling up of the dimensions of the processor. Here, we present a universal 12-mode quantum photonics processor which is the largest of its kind to date.

DOI: 10.1109/cleo/europe-eqec52157.2021.9542740

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