Tunable spontaneous-parametric down-conversion in III-V semiconductor waveguides heterogeneously integrated in the silicon platform

Albert Peralta Amores; Marcin Swillo

doi:10.1117/12.2687550

26 November 2023 Tunable spontaneous-parametric down-conversion in III-V semiconductor waveguides heterogeneously integrated in the silicon platform

Albert Peralta Amores, Marcin Swillo

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Proceedings Volume 12775, Quantum and Nonlinear Optics X; 127750Y (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2687550
Event: SPIE/COS Photonics Asia, 2023, Beijing, China

Abstract

The generation of counter-propagating photon pairs via out-of-plane pumping is demonstrated in InGaP waveguides molecularly bonded to wet thermal oxide. A generation rate of (5.1 ± 1.2) 10² pairs/s is measured with 2.6mW of pump power inside a 1mm long and 250nm thick InGaP waveguide. The pump configuration allows compensation of the momentum mismatch between orthogonally polarized photons propagating in opposite direction. Degenerated counter-propagating spontaneous photon pair generation is demonstrated in a 2mm long and 235nm thick InGaP waveguide within the 1400 to 1600nm window via photon-correlation measurements. A red(blue)-shift of 190(160)nm in the counter-propagating TE(TM)-like modes is measured when tilting the pump 19.5º to achieve degenerated generation of photon pairs at 1600nm. An increase of the pair generation rate to (1.7 ± 0.4) 10³ pairs/s at 1550nm, attributed to a larger overlap between the interacting fields has been observed when tilting the pump 18.9º. The fabrication process including heterogeneous integration of 200 to 250nm thick and 1 to 2mm long doubly inverse tapered waveguides on SiO2 and thermally oxidized Silicon substrates via native oxide molecular bonding is presented.

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Albert Peralta Amores and Marcin Swillo "Tunable spontaneous-parametric down-conversion in III-V semiconductor waveguides heterogeneously integrated in the silicon platform", Proc. SPIE 12775, Quantum and Nonlinear Optics X, 127750Y (26 November 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2687550

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