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Quantum 2.0 Conference and Exhibition

An unconventional ultra-low loss silicon photonics platform for quantum technologies

Matteo Cherchi, Arijit Bera, A. Kemppinen, J. Nissilä, Kirsi Tappura, Marco Caputo, Lauri Lehtimäki, J. S. Lehtinen, Joonas Govenius, Mika Prunnila, Timo T. Aalto

Published Jan 1, 2022• 0 citations
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Abstract

Our ultra-low-loss silicon photonics platform can play a significant role in the second quantum revolution, supporting not only quantum photonics (e.g., quantum communication) but also solid-state quantum systems (e.g., scaling superconducting quantum computers).
DOI
10.1364/quantum.2022.qw4a.5

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