Ultraviolet integrated photonics (Conference Presentation)

Michael L. Fanto; Paul M. Thomas; Stefan F. Preble; Tsung-Ju Lu; Dirk R. Englund; Jeffrey A. Steidle; Zihao Wang

doi:10.1117/12.2304998

14 May 2018 Ultraviolet integrated photonics (Conference Presentation)

Michael L. Fanto, Paul M. Thomas, Stefan F. Preble, Tsung-Ju Lu, Dirk R. Englund, Jeffrey A. Steidle, Zihao Wang

Proceedings Volume 10660, Quantum Information Science, Sensing, and Computation X; 1066003 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2304998
Event: SPIE Commercial + Scientific Sensing and Imaging, 2018, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Quantum information processing relies on the fundamental property of quantum interference, where the quality of the interference directly correlates to the indistinguishability of the interacting particles. The creation of these indistinguishable particles, photons in this case, has conventionally been accomplished with nonlinear crystals and optical filters to remove spectral distinguishability, albeit sacrificing the number of photons. This research describes the use of an integrated aluminum nitride microring resonator circuit to selectively generate photon pairs at the narrow cavity transmissions, thereby producing spectrally indistinguishable photons in the ultraviolet regime to interact with trapped ion quantum memories. The spectral characteristics of these photons must be carefully controlled for two reasons: (i) interference quality depends on the spectral indistinguishability, and (ii) the wavelength must be strictly controlled to interact with atomic transitions. The specific ion of interest for these trapped ion quantum memories is Ytterbium which has a transition at 369.5 nm with 12.5 GHz offset levels. Ytterbium ions serve as very long lived and stable quantum memories with storage times on the order of 10’s of minutes, compared with photonic quantum memories which are limited to 10-6 to 10-3 seconds. The combination of the long lived atomic memory, integrated photonic circuitry, and the photonic quantum bits are necessary to produce the first quantum information processors. In this article, I will present results on wavelength operation, dispersion analysis, and second harmonic generation in aluminum nitride waveguides.

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Michael L. Fanto, Paul M. Thomas, Stefan F. Preble, Tsung-Ju Lu, Dirk R. Englund, Jeffrey A. Steidle, and Zihao Wang "Ultraviolet integrated photonics (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 10660, Quantum Information Science, Sensing, and Computation X, 1066003 (14 May 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2304998

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