• DocumentCode
    1659924
  • Title

    Silicon photonic crystal microcavities for optical quantum information processing

  • Author

    Balmforth, B.W. ; Brossard, F.S.F. ; Schirmer, S. ; Williams, D.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Microelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We propose a system for scalable on-chip optical QIP using a coupled atom-cavity system in a silicon photonic crystal slab. Device design is optimised using plane wave expansion (PWE) and finite difference time domain (FDTD) simulations, and devices are presented which allow non-intrusive experimental characterisation before and after ion implantation.
  • Keywords
    finite difference time-domain analysis; ion implantation; microcavities; optical information processing; photonic crystals; quantum optics; silicon; Si; coupled atom-cavity system; finite difference time domain simulation; ion implantation; optical quantum information processing; plane wave expansion; scalable on-chip optical QIP; silicon photonic crystal microcavities; silicon photonic crystal slab; Atom optics; Finite difference methods; Information processing; Microcavities; Optical coupling; Particle beam optics; Photonic crystals; Silicon; Slabs; System-on-a-chip;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Group IV Photonics, 2007 4th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Tokyo
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0934-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/GROUP4.2007.4347700
  • Filename
    4347700