Title :
Monolithic source of telecom-band polarization entanglement on a silicon photonic chip
Author :
Matsuda, Nobuyuki ; Le Jeannic, H. ; Fukuda, Hiroshi ; Tsuchizawa, Tai ; Munro, William J. ; Shimizu, Kazuo ; Tokura, Yasuhiro ; Yamada, Koji ; Takesue, Hiroki
Author_Institution :
NTT Basic Res. Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
We present the first monolithic source that generates polarization entangled photon pairs integrated on a silicon photonic chip. The maximally-entangled photon pairs were generated with a state fidelity of 94% well above the classical limit.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; quantum entanglement; silicon; Si; maximally-entangled photon pairs; monolithic source; photonic chip; polarization entangled photon pairs; telecom-band polarization entanglement; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Polarization; Quantum computing; Quantum entanglement; Silicon; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600377
