Photonic qubit entanglement and processing in silicon waveguides

Joshua W. Silverstone, Raffaele Santagati, Damien Bonneau, Masahide Sasaki, Marc Sorel, Michael Strain, Shigehito Miki, Taro Yamashita, Mikio Fujiwara, Hirotaka Terai, Michael G. Tanner, Chandra M. Natarajan, Robert H. Hadfield, Jeremy L. O'Brien, Mark G. Thompson*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We introduce a method for generating entangled and indistinguishable photon pairs on a silicon photonic chip. We verify their indistinguishability by destroying their entanglement using an on-chip post-selected quantum gate.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationdvanced Photonics 2015, OSA Technical Digest
Subtitle of host publicationIntegrated Photonics Research, Silicon and Nanophotonics, IPRSN 2015
PublisherOptical Society of America
ISBN (Print)9781557520005
Publication statusPublished - 2015
EventIntegrated Photonics Research, Silicon and Nanophotonics, IPRSN 2015 - Boston, United States
Duration: 27 Jun 20151 Jul 2015

Conference

ConferenceIntegrated Photonics Research, Silicon and Nanophotonics, IPRSN 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBoston
Period27/06/151/07/15

Keywords

  • qubit entanglement
  • silicon waveguides
  • silicon photonic chips

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