Single-photon and photon-number-resolving detectors integrated with waveguide circuits

Author

Sahin, Duygu ; Gaggero, A. ; Jiang, Pingping ; Zhou, Zhengchun ; Jahanmirinejad, S. ; Mattioli, F. ; Leoni, R. ; Beetz, Johannes ; Lermer, M. ; Kamp, M. ; Hofling, S. ; Thompson, Mark ; Fiore, A.

Author_Institution

COBRA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands

fYear

2013

fDate

12-16 May 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

The integration of single-photon and photon-number-resolving detectors with single-photon sources and passive circuits is essential to realise fully-functional quantum photonic integrated circuits. We have recently demonstrated the first waveguide single photon detectors (WSPDs) [1] and a polarisation-independent on-chip autocorrelator for the measurement of the second-order correlation function g⁽²⁾(τ) [2], based on superconducting NbN nanowires on top of a GaAs/AlGaAs ridge waveguide.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; integrated optics; nanowires; niobium compounds; photodetectors; ridge waveguides; type II superconductors; GaAs-AlGaAs; NbN; passive circuits; photon-number-resolving detectors; polarisation-independent on-chip autocorrelator; ridge waveguide; second-order correlation function; single-photon detectors; single-photon sources; superconducting nanowires; waveguide circuits; waveguide single photon detectors; Detectors; Educational institutions; Optical waveguides; Photonic integrated circuits; Photonics; Quantum computing; System-on-chip;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference on and International Quantum Electronics Conference

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0593-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6802001

Filename

6802001