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On-chip, photon-number-resolving, telecommunication-band detectors for scalable photonic information processing

On-chip, photon-number-resolving, telecommunication-band detectors for scalable photonic information processing
On-chip, photon-number-resolving, telecommunication-band detectors for scalable photonic information processing
Integration is currently the only feasible route toward scalable photonic quantum processing devices that are sufficiently complex to be genuinely useful in computing, metrology, and simulation. Embedded on-chip detection will be critical to such devices. We demonstrate an integrated photon-number-resolving detector, operating in the telecom band at 1550 nm, employing an evanescently coupled design that allows it to be placed at arbitrary locations within a planar circuit. Up to five photons are resolved in the guided optical mode via absorption from the evanescent field into a tungsten transition-edge sensor. The detection efficiency is 7.2±0.5 %. The polarization sensitivity of the detector is also demonstrated. Detailed modeling of device designs shows a clear and feasible route to reaching high detection efficiencies.
1050-2947
Gerrits, Thomas
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Gates, James C.
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Metcalf, Benjamin J.
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Calkins, Brice
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Mirin, Richard
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Smith, Peter G.R.
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Walmsley, Ian
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Gerrits, Thomas
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Thomas-Peter, Nicholas
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Gates, James C.
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Lita, Adriana
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Metcalf, Benjamin J.
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Calkins, Brice
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Tomlin, Nathan
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Fox, Anna
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Linares, Antía
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Langford, Nathan
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Mirin, Richard
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Smith, Peter G.R.
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Walmsley, Ian
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Gerrits, Thomas, Thomas-Peter, Nicholas, Gates, James C., Lita, Adriana, Metcalf, Benjamin J., Calkins, Brice, Tomlin, Nathan, Fox, Anna, Linares, Antía, Spring, Justin B., Langford, Nathan, Mirin, Richard, Smith, Peter G.R., Walmsley, Ian and Nam, Sae Woo (2011) On-chip, photon-number-resolving, telecommunication-band detectors for scalable photonic information processing. Physical Review A, 84 (6), [60301]. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.84.060301).

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Abstract

Integration is currently the only feasible route toward scalable photonic quantum processing devices that are sufficiently complex to be genuinely useful in computing, metrology, and simulation. Embedded on-chip detection will be critical to such devices. We demonstrate an integrated photon-number-resolving detector, operating in the telecom band at 1550 nm, employing an evanescently coupled design that allows it to be placed at arbitrary locations within a planar circuit. Up to five photons are resolved in the guided optical mode via absorption from the evanescent field into a tungsten transition-edge sensor. The detection efficiency is 7.2±0.5 %. The polarization sensitivity of the detector is also demonstrated. Detailed modeling of device designs shows a clear and feasible route to reaching high detection efficiencies.

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Published date: 2011
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre, Electronics & Computer Science

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Local EPrints ID: 209189
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/209189
ISSN: 1050-2947
PURE UUID: cd9264f0-a5a1-4f91-b876-31bb4cba730a
ORCID for James C. Gates: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8671-5987
ORCID for Peter G.R. Smith: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0319-718X

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Date deposited: 26 Jan 2012 11:48
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:07

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Author: Thomas Gerrits
Author: Nicholas Thomas-Peter
Author: James C. Gates ORCID iD
Author: Adriana Lita
Author: Benjamin J. Metcalf
Author: Brice Calkins
Author: Nathan Tomlin
Author: Anna Fox
Author: Antía Linares
Author: Justin B. Spring
Author: Nathan Langford
Author: Richard Mirin
Author: Ian Walmsley
Author: Sae Woo Nam

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